Opisthosiphon

Opisthosiphon is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.[2]

Opisthosiphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Littorinoidea
Family:
Annulariidae
Subfamily:
Rhytidopomatinae
Genus:
Opisthosiphon

Dall, 1905[1]
Synonyms
  • Bermudezsiphona de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Cubitasiphona de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Cylindrosiphona de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Leptopisthosiphon Bartsch, 1946
  • Mirisiphon de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthocoelex de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthocoelicum de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthocoelops de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon (Opisthosiphon) Dall, 1905· accepted, alternate representation
  • Opisthosiphon (Opisthosiphona) Henderson & Bartsch, 1920· accepted, alternate representation

Description

The genus Opisthosiphon has been described by American malacologist William Healey Dall in 1905.[1] Dall's type description reads as follows:[1]

Genus nov. OPISTHOSIPHON, Dall.

Type: Chondropoma Bahamense, Sh. (Figs. 1, 2.) Bahamas.

Shell with the habit of Chondropoma dentatum, Say, but in the adult with a tubular projection behind and distinct from the outer lip and the posterior angle of the aperture, but communicating with the

lumen of the whorl. operculum as in Rhytidopoma, but thinner.

Species

Species within the genus Opisthosiphon include:

  • Opisthosiphon aguilerianum (Arango, 1876)[2]
  • Opisthosiphon alleni Bartsch, 1946
  • Opisthosiphon andrewsi Welch, 1929[2]
  • Opisthosiphon androsensis Pilsbry, 1930
  • Opisthosiphon apertum Torre & Henderson, 1920[2]
  • Opisthosiphon bacillum Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon bahamense (Sh.) - type species, as Chondropoma bahamense Sh.[1]
  • Opisthosiphon banaoense Torre & Henderson, 1921[2]
  • Opisthosiphon bermudezi Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon berryi Clapp, 1919[2]
  • Opisthosiphon bioscai Torre & Henderson, 1920[2]
  • Opisthosiphon caguanense Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon caroli Aguayo, 1932[2]
  • Opisthosiphon claudens Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon cucullatum Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon cunaguae Welch, 1929[2]
  • Opisthosiphon detectum Torre & Henderson, 1920[2]
  • Opisthosiphon deviatum Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon echinatum (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857)[2]
  • Opisthosiphon evanidum Torre & Henderson, 1921[2]
  • Opisthosiphon greenfieldi Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon guanajaense Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon insularum Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon judasense Torre & Henderson, 1920[2]
  • Opisthosiphon lamellosum Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon litorale Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon manatiense Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon mayori Bartsch, 1946
  • Opisthosiphon millsi Bartsch, 1946
  • Opisthosiphon moreletianum (Petit, 1850)[2]
  • Opisthosiphon nicholasi Bartsch, 1946
  • Opisthosiphon obtectum Torre & Henderson, 1920[2]
  • Opisthosiphon obturatum Torre & Henderson, 1920[2]
  • Opisthosiphon palmeri Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon paredonense Torre & Henderson, 1920[2]
  • Opisthosiphon plateroense Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon plicatum Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon poeyi Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon prominulum Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon protactum Torre & Henderson, 1920[2]
  • Opisthosiphon pupoides (Morelet, 1849)[2]
  • Opisthosiphon quesadai Aguayo, 1932[2]
  • Opisthosiphon quinti Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon sabinalense Sánchez Roig, 1949[2]
  • Opisthosiphon sainzi Aguayo, 1934[2]
  • Opisthosiphon salustii Torre & Henderson, 1920[2]
  • Opisthosiphon sanchezi Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon sculptum (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857)[2]
  • Opisthosiphon sosai Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon subobtectum Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opisthosiphon subobturatum Torre & Henderson, 1920[2]
  • Opisthosiphon tersum Torre & Henderson, 1921[2]
  • Opisthosiphon thesaurus Watters, 2019
  • Opisthosiphon torrei Welch, 1929[2]
  • Opisthosiphon turiguanoense Torre & Bartsch, 1941[2]
  • Opistosiphon conicus Aguayo & Sánchez Roig, 1949[2]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [1]

  • Dall, W.H. (1905). An arrangement of the American Cyclostomatidae, with a revision of the nomenclature. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 6(4): 208-210.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
  1. Dall W. H. (1905). "An arrangement of the American Cyclostomatidae, with a revision of the nomenclature". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 208–210.
  2. "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.


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