Sheldonia
| Sheldonia | |
|---|---|
| Montane tail-wagger snail, Sheldonia fuscicolor | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Urocyclidae |
| Genus: | Ancey, 1887[1] |
| Synonyms | |
|
Peltatus Godwin-Austen, 1908 | |
Sheldonia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocyclidae. Sheldonia is the type genus of the subfamily Sheldoniinae.[2]
Distribution
The distribution of this genus includes South Africa.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Sheldonia include:
- Sheldonia aloicola (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)
- Sheldonia asthenes (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1907)
- Sheldonia caledonensis (Godwin-Austen, 1912)
- Sheldonia capsula (W. H. Benson, 1864)
- Sheldonia cotyledonis (W. H. Benson, 1850)
- Sheldonia crawfordi (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)
- Sheldonia fingolandensis D. G. Herbert, 2017
- Sheldonia hudsoniae (W. H. Benson, 1864)
- Sheldonia monsmaripi D. G. Herbert, 2016
- Sheldonia natalensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Sheldonia phytostylus (W. H. Benson, 1864)
- Sheldonia trotteriana (W. H. Benson, 1848)
- Sheldonia wolkbergensis D. G. Herbert, 2016
- Synonyms
- Sheldonia fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892):[3] synonym of Microkerkus fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)
- Sheldonia puzeyi Connolly, 1939:[4] synonym of Kerkophorus puzeyi (Connolly, 1939) (original combination)
- Sheldonia poeppigiiL. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Kerkophorus poeppigii (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
References
- ^ Ancey C. M. F. (1887). The Conchologists’ Exchange 1: 53.
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ a b Adrian J. Armstrong A. J. & Brand J. F. (2012). "Invertebrates on isolated peaks in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, South Africa". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 54(1): 10 pp. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v54i1.1082
- ^ Herbert, D.G. (2004). "Sheldonia puzeyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44709A10937991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44709A10937991.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.