Biology:Chersaecia

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Chersaecia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Plectopyloidea
Family:	Plectopylidae
Genus:	Chersaecia Gude, 1899
Type species
Helix leiophis Benson, 1860
Synonyms
Endoplon Gude, 1899 (junior synonym) Plectopylis (Chersaecia) Gude, 1899 (original rank) Plectopylis (Endoplon) Gude, 1899 (original rank)

Chersaecia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Plectopylidae.

Species

Species in the genus Chersaecia include:

• Chersaecia auffenbergi Páll-Gergely, 2018
• Chersaecia austeni (Gude, 1899)
• Chersaecia brachyplecta (Benson, 1863)
• Chersaecia densegyrata Páll-Gergely, 2018
• Chersaecia dextrorsa (Benson, 1860)
• Chersaecia feddeni (W. T. Blanford, 1865)
• Chersaecia goniobathmos (Ehrmann, 1922)
• Chersaecia leiophis (Benson, 1860)
• Chersaecia leucochila (Gude, 1898)
• Chersaecia magna (Gude, 1897)
• Chersaecia mogokensis Páll-Gergely, 2018
• Chersaecia nagaensis (Godwin-Austen, 1875)
• Chersaecia perarcta (W. T. Blanford, 1865)
• Chersaecia perrierae (Gude, 1898)
• Chersaecia refuga (Gould, 1846)
• Chersaecia reversalis Páll-Gergely, 2018
• Chersaecia scabra Páll-Gergely, 2018
• Chersaecia shanensis (Stoliczka, 1873)
• Chersaecia shiroiensis (Godwin-Austen, 1875)
• Chersaecia smithiana (Gude, 1897)
• Chersaecia woodthorpei (Gude, 1899)

External links

• Gude G. K. (1899). Armature of helicoid landshells and new sections of Plectopylis. Science-Gossip. 6(65): 147-149
• Páll-Gergely B., Budha P.B., Naggs F., Backeljau T. & Asami T. (2015). Review of the genus Endothyrella Zilch, 1960 with description of five new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae). ZooKeys. 529: 1-70

Wikidata ☰ Q27992067 entry