Apoma

Apoma
Shell of Apoma chemnitzianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Urocoptidae
Genus: Apoma
Beck, 1837
Type species
Apoma elongata H. Beck, 1837
Species

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Synonyms
  • Casta Albers, 1850
  • Clausilia (Apoma) H. Beck, 1837 superseded rank

Apoma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Brachypodellinae of the family Urocoptidae.

Snails of this genus are the most critically endangered and some are probably already extinct.

Species

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 83.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Apoma H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996824 on 2026-07-02
  3. ↑ Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 155: 156.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)