Leiostracus

Leiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.[2]

Leiostracus
Leiostracus vittatus from Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Simpulopsidae
Genus: Leiostracus
Albers, 1850[1]
Synonyms

Drymaeus (Leiostracus) Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank)

This genus is endemic to South America, occurring in Guyana, Surinam and Brazil.[3][4][5]

Species

Species in the genus Leiostracus include:[3][5]

  • Leiostracus carnavalescus Simone & Salvador, 2016
  • Leiostracus cinnamomeolineatus (Moricand, 1841)
  • Leiostracus clouei (Pfeiffer, 1856)
  • Leiostracus demerarensis (Pfeiffer, 1861)
  • Leiostracus faerie Salvador & Cavallari, 2014
  • Leiostracus fetidus Salvador & Cavallari, 2014
  • Leiostracus goniotropis (Ancey, 1904)
  • Leiostracus manoeli (Moricand, 1841)
  • Leiostracus melanoscolops (Dohrn, 1882)
  • Leiostracus obliquus (Reeve, 1849)
  • Leiostracus onager (Beck, 1837)
  • Leiostracus perlucidus (Spix, 1827)
  • Leiostracus sarchochilus (Pfeiffer, 1837)
  • Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Pilsbry, 1899)
  • Leiostracus vimineus (Moricand, 1833)
  • Leiostracus vittatus (Spix, 1827)
  • Leiostracus webberi Pilsbry, 1939[6]

References
  1. Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin (Enslin). pp. 1–262.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877282 on 2020-05-04
  3. Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2014). "A new species of Leiostracus from Bahia, Brazil (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orthalicidae)" (PDF). Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 104 (1): 39–42. doi:10.1590/1678-4766201410413942. ISSN 0073-4721.
  4. Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Leiostracus onager and Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicidae)". Journal of Conchology. 41 (4): 511–518. ISSN 0022-0019. OCLC 6988449.
  5. Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. EGB, Fapesp. São Paulo, Brazil. 390 pp. ISBN 85-906670-0-6.
  6. Pilsbry, H. A. "Leiostracus webberi, a new bulimulid snail from Ecuador". The Nautilus. 53 (1): 28–29. ISSN 0028-1344.
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