Brachypodella
| Brachypodella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Urocoptidae |
| Subfamily: | Brachypodellinae |
| Genus: | Brachypodella Beck, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Brachypodella collaris (Férussac, 1821) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Brachypodella is a genus of gastropods belonging to the subfamily Brachypodellinae of the family Urocoptidae. [1] [2]
General characteristics
(Described as Brachypus) The animal is heliciform, with a snail‑like body. It bears four tentacles, the larger pair carrying the eyes. The mouth lies beneath, and the foot is very short, so that the animal has great difficulty in dragging the elongate shell.
The shell is fusiform and slender, composed of many whorls, all of them narrow. The body whorl is constricted and slightly keeled. The aperture is small, simple, and almost round, without teeth. The lip is thickened and reflexed, its margins united all around. There is no operculum.[3]
Distribution
The species of this genus are found in Northern and Central America.[2]
Species
- Brachypodella angulifera (L. Pfeiffer, 1858)
- Brachypodella antiperversa (Férussac, 1832): synonym of Brachypodella collaris (A. Férussac, 1821) (junior subjective synonym)
- Brachypodella bourguignatiana (Ancey, 1886)
- †Brachypodella britoi Ferreira & Coelho, 1971
- Brachypodella caymanensis Pilsbry, 1930
- Brachypodella chordata (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Brachypodella collaris (A. Férussac, 1821)
- Brachypodella costata (Guilding, 1828)
- Brachypodella darlingtoni Clench, 1935
- Brachypodella dominicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
- Brachypodella dubia (Pilsbry, 1891)
- Brachypodella gibbonsi H. B. Baker, 1924
- Brachypodella hanleyana (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
- Brachypodella insulaecygni W. F. Clapp, 1914
- Brachypodella kugleri Forcart, 1948
- Brachypodella leucopleura (Menke, 1847)
- Brachypodella levisi D. S. Dourson, Caldwell & J. A. Dourson, 2018
- Brachypodella minuta (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)
- Brachypodella morini (Morelet, 1849)
- Brachypodella nidicostata Spence, 1920
- Brachypodella pallida (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
- Brachypodella portoricensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Brachypodella raveni (Crosse, 1872)
- Brachypodella riisei (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Brachypodella smithiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1866)
- Brachypodella speluncae (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Brachypodella subtilis (Morelet, 1849)
- Brachypodella tatei (Crosse, 1872)
- Brachypodella trinitaria (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
- Brachypodella venezuelensis Forcart, 1948
References
- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Brachypodella H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996825 on 4 July 2026
- 1 2 "Brachypodella". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ Guilding, L. (1828). "Observations on the zoology of the Caribbean Islands". Observations on the zoology of the Caribbean Islands. 4: 89. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
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- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017.
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- Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London: Longman. p. 333.
- Pfeiffer, L. (1840). "Cylindrella, nov. genus, nebst Bemerkungen über die übrigen Gattungen der Heliceen". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6 (1): 41.
- Pilsbry, H.A. (1903–1904). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 16: Urocoptidae, Achatinidae. pp i-xl, 1-329, pls 1-37. Philadelphia: Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. p. 58.
- Pilsbry, H.A. (1906). "A synonym of Brachypodella". The Nautilus. 20 (4): 47.
- Herrmannsen, A.N. (1842–1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Cassel: Fischer. p. 121.