Laemodonta
Genus of gastropods
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::summary Genus of gastropods ::
|taxon = Laemodonta |fossil_range = |image = Kuriirokomimi0903-1.jpg |image_caption = Laemodonta siamensis, live animal withdrawn into its shell |authority = Philippi, 1846 |type_species = Auricula striata Philippi, 1846 |synonyms_ref= |synonyms=
- Auricula (Plecotrema) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Laemodonta (Laemodonta) Philippi, 1846· accepted, alternate representation
- Laimodonta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unjustified emendation of original genus name Laemodonta Philippi, 1846)
- Ophicardelus (Laimodonta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unjustified emendation of original genus name Laemodonta Philippi, 1846)
- Plecotrema H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- † Plecotrema (Plecotremopsis) de Morgan, 1917 (junior synonym) |display_parents = 3
Laemodonta is a genus of small air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.
Description
(Description as Plecotrema) The solid shell has an ovate-conic shape and is umbilicated. The acute spire is elevated. The oblong aperture is contracted. The inner lip shows three plaits, the middle one bifid. The outer lip has a marginal varix and is internally bidentate.
Species
Species within the genus Laemodonta include:
- Laemodonta bella (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)
- Laemodonta blaisei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905)
- † Laemodonta blesensis (Tournouër, 1870) †
- † Laemodonta bourgeoisi (Tournouër, 1870) †
- Laemodonta clausa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
- Laemodonta cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1854)
- † Laemodonta delaunayi (Tournouër, 1870) †
- Laemodonta exaratoides Kawabe, 1992
- Laemodonta hirsuta (Garrett, 1872)
- Laemodonta livida Perugia, 2010
- Laemodonta madagascariensis Bozzetti, 2007
- Laemodonta minuta (Möllendorff, 1885)
- Laemodonta monilifera (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
- Laemodonta oblonga Jickeli, 1874
- Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845)
- Laemodonta punctatostriata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
- Laemodonta punctigera (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
- Laemodonta rapax (Dohrn, 1860)
- Laemodonta siamensis (Morelet, 1875)
- † Laemodonta striata (Förster, 1888) †
- Laemodonta typica (H. & A. Adams, 1854)
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Laemodonta affinis (Férussac, 1821) : synonym of Pedipes affinis Férussac, 1821
- Laemodonta amplicatus C. F. Jickeli, 1874: synonym of Pedipes amplicatus (C. F. Jickeli, 1874)
- Laemodonta bronni (sic): synonym of Allochroa bronnii (Philippi, 1846)
- Laemodonta ciliata (Tate, 1879): synonym of Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845)
- Laemodonta conica (Pease, 1863): synonym of Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)
- Laemodonta exarata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) synonym of Melampus exaratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Laemodonta exigua (H. Adams, 1867): synonym of Laemodonta bella (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)
- Laemodonta striata (Philippi, 1846): synonym of Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845)
References
- Zilch, A. 1959. Euthyneura. In, Schindewolf, O.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Berlin-Zehlendorf : Bornträger Vol. 6(2)(2) xii 834 pp.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
- Smith B.J. (1992). Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia, volume 8. xii + 405 pp
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Laemodonta Philippi, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205794 on 2012-03-16
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747409 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1855). Contributions towards the natural history of the Auriculidae, a family of pulmoniferous Mollusca; with descriptions of many new species from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 30-37]
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