Thelidomus
Genus of gastropods
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| Black-and-white photo showing an apertural view of a shell of Thelidomus aspera from Jamaica. Scale bar = 1 cm. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Pleurodontidae |
| Genus: | Thelidomus Swainson, 1840 [1] |
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Thelidomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurodontidae.[1]
This genus is endemic to Jamaica.
Species
Species within the genus Thelidomus include:
- Thelidomus aspera (Férussac, 1821)
- Thelidomus cognatus (Férussac, 1821)
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Thelidomus Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996653 on 2021-02-09
- Férussac, A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de., 1819-1832 - Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles tant des espèces que l’on trouve aujourd’hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n’existent plus; classés d’après les caractères essentiels que presentment ces animaux et leurs coquilles. Tome deuxième
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
- Nomenclator Zoologicus info
External links
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- Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
- Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp
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