Auriculinella

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Auriculinella is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.[3][2]

Auriculinella
a shell of Auriculinella bidentata
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Auriculinella

Synonyms[2]
  • Leuconia Gray, 1840 (Invalid: junior homonym of Leuconia Grant, 1833 [Porifera]; Leucopepla and Leucophytia are replacement names)
  • Leucopepla Peile, 1926 (Replacement name for Leuconia Gray, 1840, non Grant, 1833; invalid: junior homonym of Leucopepla Kirkaldy, 1907)
  • Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949 (Replacement name for Leuconia Gray, 1840, non Grant, 1833)

This is a monotypic genus.

Species

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The only species within the genus Leucophytia is:

References

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  1. ^ Winckworth R. (1949). "A new name for Leuconia Gray". Journal of Conchology 23: 38. London.
  2. ^ a b Gofas, S. (2012). Auriculinella Tausch, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137923 on 2012-08-19
  3. ^ Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949. AnimalBase, accessed 16 May 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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