Pleuropoma

Pleuropoma
Shell of Pleuropoma varians (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Pleuropoma
Möllendorff, 1893
Type species
Helicina dichroa Möllendorff, 1890
Synonyms
  • Helicina (Pleuropoma) Möllendorff, 1893 (original rank)
  • Pleuropoma (Pleuropoma) Möllendorff, 1893

Pleuropoma is a genus of land snails with an operculum. It is a genus of terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicininae of the family Helicinidae.

Characteristics

(Original description in Latin) The shell is small and features an obtuse keel. The peristome is slightly expanded and possesses an internal lip. The operculum is calcareous and is furnished on its interior surface with a transverse, slightly elevated lamella that is divided into two branches.

Species

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleuropoma Möllendorff, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818485 on 2022-01-30
  2. ↑ Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1893). Materialien zur Fauna der Philippinen. XI. Die Insel Leyte. Bericht der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 1892/1893: 51-154 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.