Plegma

Plegma
A live juvenile of Plegma caelatura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Plegma
Gude, 1911
Synonyms

Ariocaelatura Germain, 1921 Coelatura L. Pfeiffer, 1877

Plegma is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.

Species

Species within the genus Plegma include:

References

  1. ↑ Gude G. P. L. K. (1911). "FURTHER NOTE ON PREOCCUPIED MOLLUSCAN GENERIC NAMES AND A PROPOSED NEW GENUS OF THE FAMILY HELICIDÆ ". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9(6): 361–362, page 361. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a066367.
  2. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase (2018). Plegma Gude, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996405 on 2018-09-14
  3. ↑ Germain (1921). Faune Malac. Terr. Fluv. Mascareignes, page 461.
  4. ↑ Pfeiffer L. (1877). Malakozoologische Blätter 24: page 8.