Allopeas

Allopeas
	Allopeas gracile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Subfamily:	Subulininae
Genus:	Allopeas; H. B. Baker, 1935[1]
Synonyms
	Lamellaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882[2]

Allopeas, common name the "awl snails", is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[3]

Species

The genus Allopeas includes the following species:

Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) - spike awlsnail[4]
Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834) - graceful awlsnail[5] - type species[6]
Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852) - Mauritian awlsnail[7]
Allopeas micra (d’Orbigny, 1835)[8]
Allopeas myrmekophilos R. Janssen, 2002[9]

References

Baker H. B. (1935). "Jamaican land snails, 3." Nautilus 48(3): 84.
Strebel, H., & Pfeffer G.J. (1882). Beitr. Mexik. Land- u. Süssw. Conch. 5: 109.
Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
"Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez and Michaud, 1838)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.
"Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.
Naggs F. (1992). "Tortaxis Pilsbry, 1906 and Allopeas Baker, 1935 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation by the designation of a neotype for Achatina erecta Benson, 1842". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 258-260.
"Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.
Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
Witte V.; Janssen R.; Eppenstein A.; Maschwitz U. (2002). "Allopeas myrmekophilos (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), the first myrmecophilous mollusc living in colonies of the ponerine army ant it gets around by mimicing the smells and noises an ant larva makes so it can be fed and looked after however getting bits of other insects isnt enough for its hunger and has been known to devour the army ants brood Leptogenys distinguenda (Formicidae, Ponerinae)". Insectes Sociaux. 49 (4): 301–305. doi:10.1007/PL00012646.

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[1] Baker H. B. (1935). "Jamaican land snails, 3." Nautilus 48(3): 84.

[2] Strebel, H., & Pfeffer G.J. (1882). Beitr. Mexik. Land- u. Süssw. Conch. 5: 109.

[bank-3] Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[4] "Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez and Michaud, 1838)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.

[5] "Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.

[6] Naggs F. (1992). "Tortaxis Pilsbry, 1906 and Allopeas Baker, 1935 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation by the designation of a neotype for Achatina erecta Benson, 1842". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 258-260.

[7] "Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.

[Robinson_2009-8] Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine

[9] Witte V.; Janssen R.; Eppenstein A.; Maschwitz U. (2002). "Allopeas myrmekophilos (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), the first myrmecophilous mollusc living in colonies of the ponerine army ant it gets around by mimicing the smells and noises an ant larva makes so it can be fed and looked after however getting bits of other insects isnt enough for its hunger and has been known to devour the army ants brood Leptogenys distinguenda (Formicidae, Ponerinae)". Insectes Sociaux. 49 (4): 301–305. doi:10.1007/PL00012646.