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Kalidos

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Kalidos
Shell of Kalidos chastellii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Kalidos
Gude, 1911[1]
Type species
Helix (Nanina) cleamesi E. A. Smith, 1882
Synonyms[2]
  • Amphiblema Gude, 1911
  • Methuenia (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Methvenia Robson, 1914 (junior synonym)
  • Propebloyetia Germain, 1913

Kalidos is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicarioninae of the family Helicarionidae.[3][2]

Description

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(Original description) The depressed shell is conoid. It is finely striated, and decussated by fine or coarse spirals. The periphery is rounded or angular. The umbilicus is small.[4]

Distribution

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This genus occurs in Madagascar.

Species

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Species within the genus Kalidos include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Kalidos acutus Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Sitala acuta (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)
  • Kalidos culminis Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Sitala culminis (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)
  • Kalidos delphini Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974: synonym of Sitala delphini (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974) (original combination)
  • Kalidos elevatus Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Sitala elevata (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)
  • Kalidos huberi Thach, 2018: synonym of Kalidos chastellii (Deshayes in Férussac, 1832) (junior synonym)
  • Kalidos tenebricus Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975: synonym of Kalidos anceyianus Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966 (junior synonym)
  • Kalidos tulearensis Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Trochonanina tulearensis (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)

References

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  1. ^ Gude G. P. L. K. (1911). Proc. malac. Soc. London 9: 273.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kalidos Gude, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996393 on 2021-04-10
  3. ^ a b c d Emberton K C., Slapcinsky J., Campbell C. A., Rakotondrazafy J. A., Andriamiarison T. N. & Emberton J. D. (2010). "Terrestrial mollusks of Andriantantely Massif, Eastern Madagascar, with descriptions of 36 new species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda; Pulmonata)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 139(1): 71-141. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/139/071-141
  4. ^ Gude, G. K. (1911). Note on some preoccupied generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 9(4): 269-273
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs "ARIOPHANTIDAE", Kalidos, accessed 13 September 2010.
  • Robson, G. C. (1914). On a collection of land and freshwater Gastropoda from Madagascar, with descriptions of new genera and new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 32: 375–389, pl. 35, figs. 1–6. London.
  • Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017