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Thelidomus

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Thelidomus
Black-and-white photo showing an apertural view of a shell of Thelidomus aspera from Jamaica. Scale bar = 1 cm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Pleurodontidae
Genus: Thelidomus
Swainson, 1840 [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Dendrocochlis Pilsbry & A.P. Brown, 1910
  • Helix (Pachystoma) Albers, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Pachystoma Guilding, 1828 [Ampullariidae].)
  • Pachystoma Albers, 1850

Thelidomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurodontidae.[1]

This genus is endemic to Jamaica.

Species

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Species within the genus Thelidomus include:

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Thelidomus Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996653 on 2021-02-09
  • Férussac, A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de., 1819-1832 - Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles tant des espèces que l’on trouve aujourd’hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n’existent plus; classés d’après les caractères essentiels que presentment ces animaux et leurs coquilles. Tome deuxième
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Nomenclator Zoologicus info
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