Plectopylis

Plectopylis
Plectopylis bensoni shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: incertae sedis
Superfamily: Plectopyloidea
Family: Plectopylidae
Genus: Plectopylis
Benson, 1860

Plectopylis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Plectopylidae.

Plectopylis is the type genus of the family Plectopylidae.

Species

Species in the genus Plectopylis include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ Benson W. H. (1860). "Notes on Plectopylis, a group a Helicidae distinguished by several internal plicate ephiphragms; with the characters of a new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)5: 243-247. page 243.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plectopylis Benson, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870861 on 2021-03-09
  3. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)