Urocoptis

Urocoptis
Shell of Urocoptis cylindrus (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Urocoptidae
Genus:	Urocoptis Beck, 1837
Species
See text
Synonyms
Cylindrella (Thaumasia) Albers, 1850 junior homonym (Invalid: not Perty, 1833...) Cylindrella (Urocoptis) H. Beck, 1837 superseded rank Pupa (Urocoptis) H. Beck, 1837 superseded rank Urocoptis (Spirocoptis) Pilsbry, 1902 alternative representation Urocoptis (Urocoptis) H. Beck, 1837 alternative representation

Urocoptis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Urocoptidae.

Urocoptis is the type genus of the family Urocoptidae.

Species

• Urocoptis ambigua (C. B. Adams, 1849)
• † Urocoptis amethystina (Chitty, 1855)
• Urocoptis antiquus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
• Urocoptis aspersa (C. B. Adams, 1849)
• Urocoptis baquieana (Chitty, 1855)
• Urocoptis brevis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
• Urocoptis cylindrus (Dillwyn, 1817)
• † Urocoptis dubia (Chitty, 1853)
• † Urocoptis floridana (Dall, 1890)
• Urocoptis gravesii (C. B. Adams, 1849)
• Urocoptis hendersoni Pilsbry, 1902
• Urocoptis instabilis (Vendryes, 1901)
• Urocoptis megacheila (Chitty, 1855)
• Urocoptis nobilior (C. B. Adams, 1845)
• Urocoptis ovata (Deshayes, 1851)
• Urocoptis procera (C. B. Adams, 1850)
• Urocoptis producta (C. B. Adams, 1851)
• Urocoptis sanguinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Urocoptis transparens (L. Pfeiffer, 1866)
• Urocoptis zonata (C. B. Adams, 1851)

References

External links

• Clench W. J. 1968. Notes on species of Urocoptis described by George C. Spence. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 38: 101-102. (abstract)
• Beck, H. (1837-1838). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 124 pp. Hafniae
• Pilsbry, H.A. (1902–1903). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 15: Urocoptidae. pp i-viii, 1-323, pls 1-65. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences. pp. 112–114. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
• Albers, J.C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. p. 207.

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