Leucostigma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.[1]
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| Shell of Leucostigma candidescens (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Clausilioidei |
| Superfamily: | Clausilioidea |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Leucostigma A. J. Wagner, 1919 |
This taxon occurs off Nîmes, France.
Species
edit- Leucostigma candidescens (Rossmässler, 1835)
- Subspecies
- Leucostigma candidescens candidescens (Rossmässler, 1835)
- Leucostigma candidescens convertitum (Flach, 1907)
- Leucostigma candidescens dextromira H. Nordsieck, 2011
- Leucostigma candidescens leucostigma (Rossmässler, 1836)
- Leucostigma candidescens megachilus (Paulucci, 1881)
- Leucostigma candidescens monticola H. Nordsieck, 2011
- Leucostigma candidescens opalinum (Rossmässler, 1836)
- Leucostigma candidescens paraconvertitum H. Nordsieck, 2011
- Leucostigma candidescens samniticum (Rossmässler, 1842)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Leucostigma leucostigma (Rossmässler, 1836): synonym of Leucostigma candidescens leucostigma (Rossmässler, 1836) (superseded combination)
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leucostigma A. J. Wagner, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996068 on 6 May 2021
Sources
edit- Rossmässler, E. A. (1835–1837). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: 16 July 2017
External links
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