Lucerna (gastropod)

Lucerna is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lucerninae of the family Pleurodontidae.[1]

Lucerna
Shell of Lucerna lucerna (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Pleurodontidae
Genus: Lucerna
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Carocolla acutissima Lamarck, 1822

Species

Species within the genus Lucerna include:

  • Lucerna bainbridgii (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
  • Lucerna bernardi (Kimball, 1947)
  • Lucerna bowdeniana (Simpson, 1895)
  • Lucerna chemnitziana (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
  • Lucerna lamarckii (Férussac, 1821)
  • Lucerna lucerna (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Lucerna mora (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
  • Lucerna subacuta (L. Pfeiffer, 1867)
  • Lucerna sublucerna Pilsbry, 1889
  • Lucerna vacillans Vendreyes, 1902
Synonyms
  • Lucerna (Lucidula) Swainson, 1840: synonym of Pleurodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1807

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lucerna Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998930 on 2021-02-13
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