Biology:Auris (gastropod)

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Auris
Auris melanostoma 01.jpg
Shell of Auris melanostoma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Auris
Spix, 1827
Type species
Bulimus melastomus
Swainson, 1820
Synonyms[1]
  • Bulimus (Pachyotus) H. Beck, 1837 (Invalid: junior homonym of Pachyotus Gray, 1831 [Mammalia])
  • Pachyotus H. Beck, 1837

Auris is a genus of small to medium-sized tropical or sub-tropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae within the family Bulimulidae.[1]

Species

Species in the genus Bulimulus include:

  • Auris bernardii (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
  • Auris bilabiata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)
  • Auris brachyplax Pilsbry, 1896
  • Auris chrysostoma (Moricand , 1836)
  • Auris egregia (Jay, 1836)
  • Auris icterostoma (E. v. Martens, 1901)
  • Auris illheocola (Moricand , 1836)
  • Auris melanostoma (Moricand , 1836)
  • Auris melastoma (Swainson, 1820)
  • Auris nigrilabris Pilsbry, 1896
Species brought into synonymy
  • Auris distorta (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of Plekocheilus distortus (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Auris signata Spix in Wagner, 1827: synonym of Otostomus signatus (Spix in Wagner, 1827) (basionym)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Auris Spix, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995852 on 2021-02-20

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q104786008 entry