Japonia

Japonia
Japonia katorii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Cyclophoridae
Genus: Japonia
Gould, 1859
Type species
Cyclostoma barbata A. Gould, 1859
Synonyms
  • Cyclostoma (Japonia) A. Gould, 1859 (original rank)
  • Japonia (Japonia) A. A. Gould, 1859 · alternate representation
  • Japonia (Mylicotrochus) P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1899 · alternate representation
  • Lagochilus (Japonia) Gould, 1859(superseded combination)
  • Lagochilus (Mylicotrochus) P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1899

Japonia is a genus of land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae.

The genus was created by Augustus Addison Gould in 1959.

Species

The genus Japonia includes the following species:

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867181 on 2022-04-20
  2. ↑ Gould, A. A. (1859). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 6: 426.