Laemodonta

Laemodonta is a genus of small air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.[1]

Laemodonta
Laemodonta siamensis, live animal withdrawn into its shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:
Ellobioidea
Family:
Ellobiidae
Subfamily:
Pythiinae
Genus:
Laemodonta

Philippi, 1846
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Laemodonta (Laemodonta) Philippi, 1846 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Laimodonta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • Plecotrema H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Species

Species within the genus Laemodonta include:

  • Laemodonta bella (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)
  • Laemodonta cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1854)
  • Laemodonta exarata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
  • Laemodonta exaratoides Kawabe, 1992
  • Laemodonta livida Perugia, 2010
  • Laemodonta madagascariensis Bozzetti, 2007
  • Laemodonta monilifera (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
  • Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845)
  • Laemodonta punctigera (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
  • Laemodonta siamensis (Morelet, 1875)
  • Laemodonta striata (Philippi, 1846)
  • Laemodonta typica (H. & A. Adams, 1854)

According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS), the following species are also included in Laemodonta [2]

  • Laemodonta minuta
  • Laemodonta rapax (Dohrn, 1860)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Laemodonta affinis (Férussac, 1821) : synonym of Pedipes affinis Férussac, 1821
  • Laemodonta bronni' (sic)': synonym of Allochroa bronnii (Philippi, 1846)
  • Laemodonta exigua (H. Adams, 1867): synonym of Laemodonta bella (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)

References
  1. 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
  2. OBIS: Laemodonta
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.


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