Biology:Homorus

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Short description: Extinct genus of gastropods

Homorus
Homorus nigellus (MNHN-IM-2000-33296).jpeg
Shell of Homorus nigellus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Homorus
Albers, 1850
Type species
Achatina cyanostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1842
Synonyms

Achatina (Homorus) Albers, 1850 (original rank)

Homorus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Homorus include:

  • Homorus arabicus (Connolly, 1941)
  • Homorus badius (E. von Martens, 1889)
  • Homorus burnessi Connolly, 1923
  • Homorus courteti Germain, 1907
  • Homorus cyanostomus (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
  • Homorus ellerbecki Kobelt, 1905
  • Homorus erlangeri Kobelt, 1905
  • Homorus fovelolatus Preston, 1909
  • Homorus garamulatae Kobelt, 1905
  • Homorus ginirensis Kobelt, 1905
  • Homorus martensi (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901)
  • Homorus massonianus Crosse, 1888
  • Homorus megaspira (Mabille, 1884)
  • Homorus nebulosus (Morelet, 1883)
  • Homorus nigellus (Morelet, 1867)
  • Homorus obesus Kobelt, 1905
  • Homorus omeri Connolly, 1928
  • Homorus opeas Pilsbry, 1905
  • Homorus perlucida Preston, 1910
  • Homorus pyramidellus (E. von Martens, 1892)
  • Homorus splendens (Thiele, 1910)
Taxon inquirendum
  • Homorus foveolatus Preston, 1909 (taxon inquirendum)

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995623 on 2021-03-07
  • Morelet, A., 1868 Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. In: Voyage du Dr. Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du gourvernement portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguela, p. 102 pp
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q94572885 entry