Biology:Alycaeidae

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Short description: Family of gastropods

Alycaeidae
Laotia pahiensis (MNHN-IM-2000-28217) 001.jpeg
Shell of Laotia pahiensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Alycaeidae
W. T. Blanford, 1864
Synonyms

Alycaeinae W. T. Blanford, 1864 (unaccepted rank)

Alycaeidae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea.[1]

Genera

  • Alycaeus Gray, 1850
  • Chamalycaeus Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
  • Dicharax Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900
  • Dioryx Benson, 1859
  • Laotia Saurin, 1953
  • Messageria Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1904
  • Metalycaeus Pilsbry, 1900
  • Pincerna Preston, 1907
  • Stomacosmethis Bollinger, 1918
Synonyms
  • Alcaeus Gray, 1850: synonym of Alycaeus Gray, 1850 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Awalycaeus Kuroda, 1951: synonym of Dicharax Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900 (junior synonym)

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Alycaeidae W. T. Blanford, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833806 on 2021-04-24

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q106309518 entry