Plectotropis

Plectotropis
A live specimen of Plectotropis mackenzii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Aegistini
Genus: Plectotropis
von Martens, 1860
Type species
Helix pretiosa
Albers, 1850
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Aegista (Plectotropis) E. von Martens, 1860
  • Eulota (Plectotropis) E. von Martens, 1860
  • Helix (Plectotropis) Martens, 1860
  • Helix (Thea) Albers, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Thea Mulsant, 1846 [Coleoptera]; Plectotropis is a replacement name)
  • Thea Albers, 1850 (invalid: junior homonym of Thea Mulsant, 1846 [Coleoptera]; Plectotropis is a replacement name)

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

Nomenclature

Plectotropis is a substitute name for Thea Albers, 1850, junior homonym of Thea Mulsant, 1846. Martens designated Helix elegantissima L. Pfeiffer, 1849 as type species, which was not originally included in Thea.[1]

General characteristics

(Original description in Latin) The shell is openly and deeply umbilicate, lenticular in shape, thin and transparent, and bears a distinct keel. It has 6.5 whorls, the first five increasing slowly in size, and the body whorl does not descend anteriorly. The keel is sharp, compressed, and finely crenulate.

The aperture is axe‑shaped to somewhat rhomboidal. The peristome has a thin, slightly expanded upper margin, while the basal margin is scarcely dilated and is briefly reflected. [2]

Species

Taxa inquirenda
  • Plectotropis comata Sturany, 1899
  • Plectotropis delectabilis Ehrmann, 1900 (synonym: Aegista delectabilis (P. Ehrmann, 1900) )
  • Plectotropis scabricula (A. Adams, 1868)
  • Plectotropis setocincta (A. Adams, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Plectotropis oldhami (Benson, 1859): synonym of Aegista oldhami (Benson, 1859)

References

  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Plectotropis E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995796 on 2020-05-08
  2. ^ Albers, J. C.; Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Zweite Ausgabe. I-XVIII, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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