Laemodonta

Laemodonta is a genus of small air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.[1]

Laemodonta
Laemodonta siamensis, live animal withdrawn into its shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Laemodonta
Philippi, 1846
Type species
Auricula striata Philippi, 1846
Synonyms[1]
  • Auricula (Plecotrema) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Laemodonta (Laemodonta) Philippi, 1846· accepted, alternate representation
  • Laimodonta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unjustified emendation of original genus name Laemodonta Philippi, 1846)
  • Ophicardelus (Laimodonta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unjustified emendation of original genus name Laemodonta Philippi, 1846)
  • Plecotrema H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • † Plecotrema (Plecotremopsis) de Morgan, 1917 (junior synonym)

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.[2]

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
  1. 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
  2. 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
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