Simpulopsis

Simpulopsis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae.

Simpulopsis
dorsal view of Simpulopsis rufovirens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Simpulopsidae
Genus:
Simpulopsis

Beck, 1837[1]

Simpulopsis is the type genus of the tribe Simpulopsini[2] and of the family Simpulopsidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Simpulopsis includes Colombia,[3] Venezuela, Brazil[4] and Ecuador.[5]

Species

Species within the genus Simpulopsis include:

subgenus Simpulopsis Beck, 1837

  • Simpulopsis atrovirens (Moricand, 1836)[4]
  • Simpulopsis brasiliensis (Moricand, 1846)[4]
  • Simpulopsis corrugata Guppy, 1866[4]
  • Simpulopsis decussata Pfeiffer, 1856[4]
  • Simpulopsis miersi Pfeiffer, 1856[4]
  • Simpulopsis ovata (Sowerby, 1822)[4]
  • Simpulopsis pseudosulculosa Breure, 1975[4]
  • Simpulopsis rufovirens (Moricand, 1846)[4]
  • Simpulopsis sulculosa (Férussac, 1821)[4]
  • Simpulopsis tryoni Pilsbry, 1899[4]
  • Simpulopsis wiebesi Breure, 1975[4]

subgenus Eudioptus Albers, 1860

  • Simpulopsis araujoi (Breure, 1975)[4]
  • Simpulopsis boissieri (Moricand, 1846)[4]
  • Simpulopsis citrinovitrea (Moricand, 1836)[4] - synonym: Simpulopsis fulguratus Miller, 1878[3]
  • Simpulopsis ephippium Ancey, 1904[6]
  • Simpulopsis luteolus (Ancey, 1901)[4]
  • Simpulopsis progastor (d’Orbigny, 1835)[4]
  • Simpulopsis pseudosuccineus (Moricand, 1836)[4]

subgenus ?

  • Simpulopsis gomesae Silva & Thomé, 2006[7]
  • Simpulopsis magnus Thompson, 1957[8]
  • Simpulopsis promatensis Silva & Thomé 2006[7]
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References
  1. Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 100.
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. Borrero F. J. & Breure A. S. H. (2011). "The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas". Zootaxa 3054: 1-59. preview.
  4. (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. Breure A. S. H. & Borrero F. J. (2008). "An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. Zootaxa 1768: 1-40. abstract.
  6. Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with description of two new species". ZooKeys 101: 1-50. doi:10.3897/zookeys.101.1133.
  7. Agudo-Padrón A. I. (2009). "Recent Terrestrial and Freshwater Molluscs of Rio Grande do Sul State, RS, Southern Brazil Region: A Comprehensive Synthesis and Check List". Visaya (April 2009): 1-13. PDF Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. Thompson F. G. (1957). "A collection of mollusks from Northern Venezuela". Occacional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (591): 1-13.

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