Socotora

Socotora is a genus of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.[1]

This article is about the genus of snails. For the plant genus, see Socotora (plant).

Socotora
Shell of Socotora clathratula (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Pomatiidae
Genus: Socotora
Pallary, 1925
Type species
Cyclostoma albicans G. B. Sowerby I, 1839
Synonyms
  • Georgia Bourguignat, 1882
  • Georgia (Arabia) Pallary, 1925 (precedence of simultaneously published Socotora determined by First Reviser
  • Georgia (Georgia) Bourguignat, 1882 (Invalid: junior homonym of Georgia Baird & Girard, 1853 [Reptilia]
  • Revoilia (Socotora) Pallary, 1925

Species
  • Socotora albicans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839)
  • Socotora auricularis (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
  • Socotora clathratula (Récluz, 1843)
  • Socotora helicoides Neubert, 2009
  • Socotora naticoides (Récluz, 1843)

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Socotora Pallary, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995129 on 2022-06-17
  • Bourguignat, J.-R. (1882). Mission G. Révoil au pays Çomalis. Faune et Flore. Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, 1-108 pp., 4 pls + 2 unnumbered pls (anatomy). Paris (Jules Tremblay)
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.

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