Auriculinella

Auriculinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Ellobiida
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: †Auriculinella
Winckworth, 1949[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Alexia (Leuconia) Gray, 1840

Auriculinella is an extinct genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.[3][2]

This is a monotypic genus.

Species

The only species within the genus Leucophytia is:

  • † Auriculinella whitei Tausch, 1886
Synonyms
  • subgenus Auriculinella (Leucophytia) Winckworth, 1949: synonym of Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949
  • Auriculinella bidentata (Montagu, 1808): synonym of Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) (superseded combination)
  • Auriculinella erosa (Jeffreys, 1830): synonym of Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) (junior subjective synonym)

References

  1. ↑ Winckworth R. (1949). "A new name for Leuconia Gray". Journal of Conchology 23: 38. London.
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2012). Auriculinella Tausch, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137923 on 2012-08-19
  3. ↑ Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949. AnimalBase, accessed 16 May 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Tausch, L. (1886). "Ueber die Fauna der nicht marinen Ablagerungen der oberen Kreide des Csingerthales bei Ajka im Bakony (Veszprimer Comitat, Ungarn) und über einige Conchylien der Gosaumergel von Aigen bei Salzburg" (PDF). Abhandlungen der k.-k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. 12 (1): 16, 17.