Leiostracus

Leiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.[2]

Leiostracus
Leiostracus vittatus from Brazil
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Simpulopsidae
Genus: Leiostracus
Albers, 1850[1]
Synonyms

Drymaeus (Leiostracus) Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank)

This genus is endemic to South America, occurring in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.[3][4][5]

Species

Species in the genus Leiostracus include:[3][5]

  • Leiostracus carnavalescus Simone & Salvador, 2016
  • Leiostracus cinnamomeolineatus (Moricand, 1841)
  • Leiostracus clouei (Pfeiffer, 1856)
  • Leiostracus coxiranus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)
  • Leiostracus demerarensis (Pfeiffer, 1861)
  • Leiostracus faerie Salvador & Cavallari, 2014
  • Leiostracus ferreirai (Palma & Brito, 1974)
  • Leiostracus fetidus Salvador & Cavallari, 2014
  • Leiostracus goniotropis (Ancey, 1904)
  • Leiostracus manoeli (Moricand, 1841)
  • Leiostracus melanoscolops (Dohrn, 1882)
  • Leiostracus obliquus (Reeve, 1849)
  • Leiostracus omphaloides (Menke, 1846)
  • Leiostracus onager (Beck, 1837)
  • Leiostracus perlucidus (Spix, 1827)
  • Leiostracus sarchochilus (Pfeiffer, 1837)
  • Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Pilsbry, 1899)
  • Leiostracus vimineus (Moricand, 1833)
  • Leiostracus vitreus (Spix, 1827)
  • Leiostracus vittatus (Spix, 1827)
  • Leiostracus webberi Pilsbry, 1939[6]
Species brought into synonymy
  • Leiostracus coxeiranus (Moricand, 1836): synonym of Leiostracus coxiranus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) (junior synonym)
  • Leiostracus kugleri Forcart, 1954: synonym of Bostryx kugleri (Forcart, 1954) (original combination)
  • Leiostracus polygrammus (Moricand, 1836): synonym of Drymaeus polygramma (S. Moricand, 1836)
  • Leiostracus studeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of Drymaeus studeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)

References
  1. Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin (Enslin). pp. 1–262.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877282 on 2020-05-04
  3. Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2014). "A new species of Leiostracus from Bahia, Brazil (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orthalicidae)" (PDF). Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 104 (1): 39–42. doi:10.1590/1678-4766201410413942. ISSN 0073-4721.
  4. Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Leiostracus onager and Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicidae)". Journal of Conchology. 41 (4): 511–518. ISSN 0022-0019. OCLC 6988449.
  5. Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. EGB, Fapesp. São Paulo, Brazil. 390 pp. ISBN 85-906670-0-6.
  6. Pilsbry, H. A. "Leiostracus webberi, a new bulimulid snail from Ecuador". The Nautilus. 53 (1): 28–29. ISSN 0028-1344.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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