Pseudoplecta

Genus of gastropod

Pseudoplecta
Shell of Pseudoplecta bijuga (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Trochomorphoidea
Genus: Pseudoplecta
Laidlaw, 1932[1]
Species:
P. bijuga
Binomial name
Pseudoplecta bijuga
(Stoliczka, 1873)

Pseudoplecta is a monotypic genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochomorphoidea of the family Dyakiidae.[2]

Its sole member is the species Pseudoplecta bijuga, which may be endemic to Thailand and Malaysia.[3]

References

  1. ^ Laidlaw F. F. (1932). Proceedings of the malacological Society of London 20: 91, 92.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pseudoplecta Laidlaw, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995358 on 2022-02-22
  3. ^ Tumpeesuwan C., Naggs F. & Panha S. (31 August 2007) "A new genus and new species of dyakiid snail (Pulmonata: Dyakiidae) from the Phu Phan range, northeastern Thailand". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(2): 363-369. PDF
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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Taxon identifiers
Pseudoplecta bijuga
Pseudoplecta


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