Ptychotrema

Ptychotrema
Shell of Ptychotrema assiniense (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus:
L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Type species
Bulimus moerchi
L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Synonyms
  • Adjua Chaper, 1885 (original rank)
  • Carychiopsis E. von Martens, 1895 junior subjective synonym (invalid; not Sandberger, 1872)
  • Ennea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • Ennea (Carychiopsis) E. von Martens, 1895 junior homonym (invalid; not Sandberger, 1872)
  • Ennea (Enneastrum) L. Pfeiffer, 1856 junior subjective synonym
  • Ennea (Excisa) d'Ailly, 1896 (original combination)
  • Ennea (Ptychotrema) L. Pfeiffer, 1853 (inverted precedence of genus and subgenus)
  • Enneastrum L. Pfeiffer, 1856 junior subjective synonym
  • Haplonepion Pilsbry, 1919
  • Parennea Pilsbry, 1919
  • Ptychotrema (Adjua) Chaper, 1885 · alternative representation
  • Ptychotrema (Aduja) misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
  • Ptychotrema (Ennea) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 alternative representation
  • Ptychotrema (Excisa) d'Ailly, 1896 alternative representation
  • Ptychotrema (Haplonepion) Pilsbry, 1919 alternative representation
  • Ptychotrema (Nsendwea) Dupuis & Putzeys, 1923 alternative representation
  • Ptychotrema (Parennea) Pilsbry, 1919 alternative representation
  • Ptychotrema (Ptychoon) Pilsbry, 1919 alternative representation
  • Ptychotrema (Ptychotrema) L. Pfeiffer, 1853 alternative representation
  • Ptychotrema (Sinistrexcisa) de Winter, Gómez & Prieto, 1999 alternative representation
  • Pupa (Ennea) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (original rank)
  • Sinistrexcisa de Winter, Gómez & Prieto, 1999
  • Streptostele (Ptychotrema) L. Pfeiffer, 1853 superseded combination

Ptychotrema is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Ptychotrema is Afrotropical, and includes:[2]

Species

Species within the genus Ptychotrema include:

  • Ptychotrema aequatoriale Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Ptychotrema bequaerti (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914)[3]
  • Ptychotrema cossyphae van Bruggen, 1989[3]
  • Ptychotrema fraterculus Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Ptychotrema geminatum (Martens, 1895) [4]
  • Ptychotrema goossensi (Adam & van Goethem, 1978)[3]
  • Ptychotrema kerereense (Adam & van Goethem, 1978)[3]
  • Ptychotrema kigeziense (Preston, 1913)[3]
  • Ptychotrema mazumbiensis Tattersfield, 1999
  • Ptychotrema paradoxulum (Martens, 1895)[3]
  • Ptychotrema pelengeense (Adam & van Goethem, 1978)[3]
  • Ptychotrema pollonerae Preston, 1913[3]
  • Ptychotrema runsoranum (Martens, 1892)[3]
  • Ptychotrema silvaticum Pilsbry, 1919[3]
  • Ptychotrema usambarense Verdcourt, 1958

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Ptychotrema L. Pfeiffer, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996769 on 2022-03-01
  2. ^ Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 87-100. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp048.
  4. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1919). "A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 40(1): 1-370. page 200-201.
  • Bruggen A. C. van (1989) "Studies on Parennea (Mollusca, Gastropoda Pulmonata, Streptaxidae) additional to the revision by Adam & van Goethem, 1978". Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (series C) 92: 1-56.

Further reading

  • Adam W. & van Goethem J. L. (1978). Revision du sous-genre Parennea Pilsbry du Genre Ptychotrema Morch (Mollusca-Pulmonata-Streptaxidae)". Études du Continent Africain, Bruxelles 5: 1-79.
  • Oke O. C. & Odiete W.O. (1996). "New species of land molluscs from south western Nigeria I. A new species attributed to Ptychotrema (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Journal of African Zoology 110: 99–104.
  • Verdcourt B. (1985). "New taxa of Gulella L. Pfr. and Ptychotrema Mörch (Mollusca, Streptaxidae) from Eastern Africa". Journal of Conchology 32(1): 109–122. abstract.