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: Limacoidei
Superfamilia: Helicarionoidea
Familia: Helicarionidae
Subfamilia: Helicarioninae
Genus: Pachystyla
Pachystyla is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.[1]
Distribution
These terrestrial species occur in Mauritius.
Species
Species within the genus Pachystyla include:
Pachystyla bicolor (Lamarck, 1822)
Pachystyla rufozonata (H. Adams, 1869)
Pachystyla waynepagei Griffiths, 2000[2]
Species brought into synonymy
Pachystyla inversicolor (Férussac, 1822): synonym of Pachystyla bicolor (Lamarck, 1822)
Pachystyla leucostyla (L. Pfeiffer, 1855): synonym of Pachystyla bicolor (Lamarck, 1822)
Pachystyla scalpta E. von Martens, 1878: synonym of Dancea semifusca (Deshayes, 1832) (junior synonym)
References
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pachystyla Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996402 on 2021-11-24
Florens, F. B. V. and C. Baider. (2007). Relocation of Omphalotropis plicosa (Pfeiffer, 1852), a Mauritian endemic landsnail believed extinct. J. Mollus. Stud. 73(2) 205-206.
Morelet, A., 1851. Testacea Africae insularis a Cl. Vesco collecta et ab Morelet descripta. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2)3: 218-221
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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