Cyclotus

Cyclotus is a genus of tropical land snails in the family Cyclophoridae.

Cyclotus
Cyclotus variegatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group "Architaenioglossa"
Superfamily:
Cyclophoroidea
Family:
Cyclophoridae
Subfamily:
Cyclophorinae
Genus:
Cyclotus

Type species
Cyclophorus variegatus
Swainson, 1840
Species

Several, including:

  • Cyclotus variegatus
Synonyms
  • Cyclotus (Aulacopoma) Möllendorff, 1897· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cyclotus (Cyclotus) Swainson, 1840· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cyclotus (Nakadaella) Ancey, 1904· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cyclotus (Procyclotus) P. Fischer, 1891· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cyclotus (Pseudocyclophorus) Möllendorff, 1890· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cyclotus (Siphonocyclus) Möllendorff, 1900· accepted, alternate representation

Synonyms
  • Cyclotus (Opisthoporus) Benson, 1851: synonym of Opisthoporus Benson, 1851
  • Cyclotus charmian Hutton, 1883: synonym of Gonatorhaphe fornicata (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
  • Cyclotus laevigatus F. Sandberger, 1870 †: synonym of Procyclotopsis laevigatus (F. Sandberger, 1870) † (new combination)
  • Cyclotus scalaris Miller, 1907 †: synonym of Pomatias (Neobembridgia) arneggensis Wenz, 1923 † represented as Pomatias arneggensis Wenz, 1923 † (junior secondary homonym of Cyclostoma scalare Pfeiffer, 1851, later placed in Cyclotus)
  • Cyclotus sieversi L. Pfeiffer, 1871: synonym of Caspicyclotus sieversi (L. Pfeiffer, 1871) (new combination)
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References
  1. Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shellfish. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia. London.


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