| Laemodonta | |
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| Laemodonta siamensis, live animal withdrawn into its shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Genus: | Laemodonta Philippi, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| Auricula striata Philippi, 1846 | |
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Laemodonta is a genus of small air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.
Description
(Description as Plecotrema) The solid shell has an ovate-conic shape and is umbilicated. The acute spire is elevated. The oblong aperture is contracted. The inner lip shows three plaits, the middle one bifid. The outer lip has a marginal varix and is internally bidentate.
Species
Species within the genus Laemodonta include:
- Laemodonta bella (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)
- Laemodonta blaisei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905)
- † Laemodonta blesensis (Tournouër, 1870) †
- † Laemodonta bourgeoisi (Tournouër, 1870) †
- Laemodonta clausa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
- Laemodonta cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1854)
- † Laemodonta delaunayi (Tournouër, 1870) †
- Laemodonta exaratoides Kawabe, 1992
- Laemodonta hirsuta (Garrett, 1872)
- Laemodonta livida Perugia, 2010
- Laemodonta madagascariensis Bozzetti, 2007
- Laemodonta minuta (Möllendorff, 1885)
- Laemodonta monilifera (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
- Laemodonta oblonga Jickeli, 1874
- Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845)
- Laemodonta punctatostriata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
- Laemodonta punctigera (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
- Laemodonta rapax (Dohrn, 1860)
- Laemodonta siamensis (Morelet, 1875)
- † Laemodonta striata (Förster, 1888) †
- Laemodonta typica (H. & A. Adams, 1854)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Laemodonta affinis (Férussac, 1821) : synonym of Pedipes affinis Férussac, 1821
- Laemodonta amplicatus C. F. Jickeli, 1874: synonym of Pedipes amplicatus (C. F. Jickeli, 1874)
- Laemodonta bronni' (sic)': synonym of Allochroa bronnii (Philippi, 1846)
- Laemodonta ciliata (Tate, 1879): synonym of Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845)
- Laemodonta conica (Pease, 1863): synonym of Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)
- Laemodonta exarata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) synonym of Melampus exaratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Laemodonta exigua (H. Adams, 1867): synonym of Laemodonta bella (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)
- Laemodonta striata (Philippi, 1846): synonym of Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845)
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Laemodonta Philippi, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205794 on 2012-03-16
- Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1855). Contributions towards the natural history of the Auriculidae, a family of pulmoniferous Mollusca; with descriptions of many new species from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 30-37
- Zilch, A. 1959. Euthyneura. In, Schindewolf, O.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Berlin-Zehlendorf : Bornträger Vol. 6(2)(2) xii 834 pp.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Smith B.J. (1992). Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia, volume 8. xii + 405 pp
External links
- Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). Monograph of Plecotrema, a new genus of gasteropodous mollusks, belonging to the family Auriculidae, from specimens in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1853) 21: 120-122
- Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1898). Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 26-208
- Morgan J. de. (1917). Observations sur les Auriculidés du Falunien de la Touraine. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. ser. 4, 16: 21-49
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| Laemodonta | |