Pincerna

Pincerna
Shell of Pincerna thieroti (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Alycaeidae
Genus: Pincerna
Preston, 1907
Type species
Alycaeus (Pincerna) liratula Preston, 1907
Synonyms[1]
  • Alycaeus (Cycloryx) Godwin-Austen, 1914
  • Alycaeus (Pincerna) Preston, 1907 (original rank)
  • Cycloryx Godwin-Austen, 1914

Pincerna is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the family Alycaeidae.[1]

General characteristics

(Original description) The shell is alycaeiform. The operculum is horny, being convex below and concave above, and it bears a hollow protuberance in the center of its upper surface. This protuberance is shaped like a circular cup, the margin of which is slightly reflexed outwards. [2]

Species

  • Pincerna acroptychia Páll-Gergely, 2023
  • Pincerna anceyi (J. Mabille, 1887)
  • Pincerna costulosus (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1912)
  • Pincerna crenilabris (Möllendorff, 1897)
  • Pincerna globosus (H. Adams, 1871)
  • Pincerna liratula (Preston, 1907)
  • Pincerna maolanensis (T.-C. Luo, W.-H. Zhang & W.-C. Zhou, 2009)
  • Pincerna mouhoti (L. Pfeiffer, 1863)
  • Pincerna thieroti (de Morgan, 1885)
  • Pincerna vanbuensis (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900)
  • Pincerna viginticostatus Páll-Gergely, 2023
  • Pincerna yaanensis Z.-G. Chen, 2022
  • Pincerna yanseni Páll-Gergely, 2017
Synonyms
  • Pincerna bembex (Benson, 1859): synonym of Cycloryx bembex (W. H. Benson, 1859) (superseded combination)
  • Pincerna burrailensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Cycloryx burrailensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  • Pincerna constricta (Benson, 1851): synonym of Cycloryx constrictus (W. H. Benson, 1851) (superseded combination)
  • Pincerna costata (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Cycloryx costatus (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  • Pincerna difficilis (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Cycloryx graphicus (Blanford, 1862) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  • Pincerna elegans (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Cycloryx elegans (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  • Pincerna granum (Godwin-Austen, 1893): synonym of Cycloryx granum (Godwin-Austen, 1893) (superseded combination)
  • Pincerna graphiaria (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Pincerna graphiarius (Godwin-Austen, 1914) : synonym of Cycloryx margarita (Theobald, 1874) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  • Pincerna graphica (W. T. Blanford, 1862): synonym of Cycloryx graphicus (Blanford, 1862) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  • Pincerna khunhoensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Cycloryx elegans (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  • Pincerna major (Godwin-Austen, 1893): synonym of Cycloryx major (Godwin-Austen, 1893) (superseded combination)
  • Pincerna margarita (Theobald, 1874): synonym of Cycloryx margarita (Theobald, 1874) (superseded combination)
  • Pincerna multicostulata (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Cycloryx granum (Godwin-Austen, 1893) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  • Pincerna otiphorus (Benson, 1859): synonym of Cycloryx otiphorus (W. H. Benson, 1859) (superseded combination)
  • Pincerna paucicostata (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Cycloryx paucicostatus (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  • Pincerna summa (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Cycloryx otiphorus (W. H. Benson, 1859) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Pincerna tenella (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Pincerna tenellus (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Cycloryx tenellus (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  • Pincerna thompsoni (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of Cycloryx major (Godwin-Austen, 1893) (junior objective synonym)
  • Pincerna vallis Z.-Y. Chen & M. Wu, 2020: synonym of Pincerna costulosus (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1912) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pincerna Preston, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996200 on 2022-01-16
  2. ↑ Preston, H. B. (1907). Description of a new subgenus and species of Alycaeus from Ke-Lan-Tan. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 7: 206 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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