Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
SuperOrdo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
SubOrdo: Helicina
InfraOrdo: Succineoidei
Superfamilia: Succineoidea
Familia: Succineidae
Subfamilia: Oxylomatinae
Genus: Oxyloma
Species (26 + 7†): O. ajanica – O. chasmodes – O. connollyi – O. decampii – O. deprimidum – O. dunkeri – O. effusum – O. elegans – O. hawkinsii – O. haydeni – O. hirasei – O. kanabense – O. missoula – O. nuttallianum – O. patentissimum – O. peoriense – O. pinteri – O. retusum – O. salleanum – O. sarsii – O. sillimani – O. starobogatovi – O. stelliferum – O. subeffusum – O. tlalpamense – O. verrilli – †O. affine – †O. barberi – †O. drnisanum – †O. kintlanum – †O. michaudi – †O. minimum – †O. primaevum
Name
Oxyloma Westerlund, 1885
Type Species: Succinea hungarica Hazay, 1881 (= S. dunkeri Pfeiffer 1865)
References
Westerlund, C. A. 1885. Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien, V. Fam. Succinidæ, Auriculidæ, Limnæidæ, Cyclostomidæ & Hydrocenidæ. 1-135, 1-14.
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Oxyloma in the World Register of Marine Species
Oxyloma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Succineidae, the ambersnails.
Species
The genus Oxyloma includes the following species and subspecies:[2]
Oxyloma decampi - Marshall ambersnail
Oxyloma deprimidum
Oxyloma elegans (Risso, 1826)
Oxyloma effusum - coastal plain ambersnail
Oxyloma groenlandicum - ruddy ambersnail
Oxyloma hawkinsi - boundary ambersnail
Oxyloma haydeni (W. G. Binney, 1858)
Oxyloma haydeni haydeni (W. G. Binney, 1858) - Niobrara ambersnail
Oxyloma haydeni kanabense (Pilsbry, 1948) - Kanab ambersnail
Oxyloma missoula Hubricht, 1982 - ninepipes ambersnail
Oxyloma nuttallianum - oblique ambersnail
Oxyloma patentissima (Pfeiffer, 1853)[3]
Oxyloma peoriense - depressed ambersnail
Oxyloma retusum (Lea, 1834) - blunt ambersnail
Oxyloma sarsii (Esmark & Hoyer, 1886)
Oxyloma salleanum - Louisiana ambersnail
Oxyloma sillimani - Humboldt ambersnail
Oxyloma subeffusum - Chesapeake ambersnail
Oxyloma verrilli - maritime ambersnail
Conservation status
The only Oxyloma species or subspecies listed in the IUCN Red List of 2006 is the Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabense), which is critically endangered. No others have been assessed by the IUCN.
The Niobrara ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni haydeni) is listed as a "Wyoming Species of Greatest Conservation Need" by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
References
Westerlund C. A. (1885). Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien. V. Fam. Succinidæ, Auriculidæ, Limnæidæ, Cyclostomidæ & Hydrocenidæ. pp. 1-135, 1-14. Lund. (Håkan Ohlsson).
[1] animal diversity species list
van Bruggen A. C. & Appleton C. C. (1977). "Studies on the ecology and systematics of the terrestrial molluscs of the lake Sibaya area of Zululand, South Africa". Zoologische Verhandelingen 154: 3-48. page 21-23. PDF.
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