Gymnarion

Gymnarion
Shell of Gymnarion gomesiana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Urocyclidae
Genus: Gymnarion
Pilsbry, 1919
Type species
Helicarion aloysii-sabaudiae Pollonera, 1906
Synonyms

Helicarion (Gymnarion) Pilsbry, 1919

Gymnarion is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Urocyclidae.

Description

(Original description) These helixarionid snails possess minute, remote right and left shell-lobes. The penis features a subterminal retractor muscle and an epiphallus, the latter lacking a flagellum or other appendages. A long, club-shaped dart sac (amatorial gland) is present.

Species

Species within the genus Gymnarion include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996906 on 14 January 2021
  2. ↑ Pilsbry, H.A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 40: 1–370, pls I-XXIII Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.