Crystallopsis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Crystallopsis
Shell of Crystallopsis conica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Hadrinae
Genus: Crystallopsis
Ancey, 1887
Type species
Helix hunteri
Cox, 1872
Synonyms
  • Cristovala Clench, 1958
  • Crystallopsis (Cristovala) Clench, 1958· accepted, alternate representation
  • Crystallopsis (Crystallopsis) Ancey, 1887· accepted, alternate representation
  • Papuina (Crystallopsis) Ancey, 1887

Species

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Species within the genus Crystallopsis include:

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Crystallopsis Ancey, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995922 on 2020-09-28
  • Clench, W.J. (1958). The land and freshwater mollusks of Rennell Island, Solomon Islands. Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands. 2 (27): 155–202, 4 plates.
  • Delsaerdt, A., 2012 Land snails on the Solomon Islands. Volume 2. Camaenidae, p. 178 pp
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017