Perpolita

Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. [1]

Perpolita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Perpolita
Baker, 1928
Type species
† Perplicaria perplexa Dall, 1890
Synonyms
  • Nesovitrea (Perpolita) H. B. Baker, 1928
  • Retinella (Perpolita) H. B. Baker, 1928

Species

Species within this genus include:[2]

  • Perpolita binneyana (Morse, 1864)
  • Perpolita boettgeriana (Clessin, 1877)
  • Perpolita dalliana (Simpson, 1889)
  • †Perpolita disciformis Lueger, 1981
  • Perpolita electrina (Gould, 1841)
  • †Perpolita gliesei Schlickum & Strauch, 1975
  • Perpolita hammonis (Strøm, 1765)
  • † Perpolita mattiaca (O. Boettger, 1903)
  • †Perpolita miocaenica (Andreae, 1902)
  • Perpolita petronella (L.Pfeiffer, 1853)
  • Perpolita pulchra (Pierce, 1992)
  • † Perpolita riedeli Schlickum & Strauch, 1975
  • † Perpolita subhammonis (Gottschick, 1928)
  • Perpolita suzannae W.L.Pratt, 1978
  • † Perpolita wenzi Schlickum & Strauch, 1975

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934057 on 2021-12-28
  2. "Perpolita H.B.Baker, 1928". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  • Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
  • Hausdorf, B. (1998). Phylogeny of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 64 (1): 35-66. London
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
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