Hyperaulax

Hyperaulax is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae.[3][2]

Hyperaulax
Drawing of the apertural view of a shell of Hyperaulax ridleyi.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Odontostomidae
Genus: Hyperaulax
Pilsbry, 1897[1]
Type species
Bulimus ridleyi
E. A. Smith, 1890
Synonyms[2]
  • Bonnanius Jousseaume, 1900 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimulus (Hyperaulax) Pilsbry, 1897 (original rank)

Species

Species within the genus Hyperaulax include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Hyperaulax americanus (Heilprin, 1886): synonym of † Tocobaga americanus (Heilprin, 1886)
  • Hyperaulax ballistae (Dall, 1915): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846)
  • Hyperaulax floridanus (Conrad, 1846): synonym of †Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846)
  • Hyperaulax heilprinianus (Dall, 1890): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846)
  • Hyperaulax limnaeiformis (Meek & Hayden, 1856): synonym of †Lioplacodes limneaformis (Meek & Hayden, 1856) (incorrect subsequent spelling; new combination)
  • Hyperaulax remolinus (Dall, 1915): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)
  • Hyperaulax stearnsii (Dall, 1890): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)
  • Hyperaulax tampae (Dall, 1915): synonym of †Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)
  • Hyperaulax tortilla (Dall, 1890): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)

References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. (23 February 1897) Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Hyperaulax Pilsbry, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995343 on 2020-06-15
  3. Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2012) "Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London". ZooKeys 182: 1-70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.182.2720.


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