Acanthinula is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Valloniidae.
Species
The genus Acanthinula contains the following species:
- Acanthinula aculeata <small>(Müller, 1774)</small> - type species
- â Acanthinula antonini <small>(Michaud, 1862)</small>
- â Acanthinula archiaci <small>(de Boissy, 1848)</small>
- â Acanthinula armoricensis <small>(Cossmann, 1902)</small>
- Acanthinula azorica <small>Pilsbry, 1926 - Azorian prickly-snail</small>
- â Acanthinula cenchridium <small>(Cossmann, 1902)</small>
- â Acanthinula clairi <small>Schlickum & Truc, 1972</small>
- â Acanthinula dumasi <small>(de Boissy, 1848)</small>
- Acanthinula expatriata <small>Preston, 1911</small>
- â Acanthinula geslini <small>(de Boissy, 1848)</small>
- â Acanthinula hesslerana <small>Jooss, 1911</small>
- â Acanthinula imperforata <small>(K. Miller, 1907)</small>
- â Acanthinula karsdorfensis <small>Kadolsky, 2020</small>
- â Acanthinula nanxiongensis <small>W. Yu, H.-L. Gu & X.-Q. Zhang, 1990</small>
- â Acanthinula paludinaeformis <small>(F. Sandberger, 1858)</small>
- â Acanthinula paronae <small>(Sacco, 1887)</small>
- Acanthinula peracanthoda <small>(Bourguignat, 1883)</small>
- â Acanthinula pygmaea <small>(Simionescu & Barbu, 1940)</small>
- Acanthinula spinifera <small>Mousson, 1872</small>
- â Acanthinula stampinensis <small>(Deshayes, 1863)</small>
- Acanthinula straeleni <small>W. Adam, 1954</small>
- â Acanthinula stueri <small>(Cossmann, 1892)</small>
- â Acanthinula sublabyrinthica <small>(F. E. Edwards, 1852)</small>
- â Acanthinula trochulus <small>(F. Sandberger, 1872)</small>
- â Acanthinula tuchoricensis <small>(Klika, 1891)</small>
Synonyms
- Acanthinula granum <small>Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879</small>: synonym of Thysanophora granum <small>(Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879)</small> (original combination)
- Acanthinula harpa <small>(Say, 1824</small>): synonym of <small>Zoogenetes harpa</small> <small>(Say, 1824)</small> (superseded combination)
- Acanthinula membranacea <small>Jickeli, 1873</small>: synonym of Helix (Acanthinula) steudneri <small>Jickeli, 1874</small>: synonym of Sitala steudneri <small>(Jickeli, 1874)</small> (secondary homonym in Helix; Helix steudneri is a replacement name)
- â Acanthinula nana <small>(A. Braun, 1851)</small>: synonym of â Esuinella nana <small>(A. Braun, 1851)</small> (superseded combination)
- Acanthinula perpusilla <small>Möllendorff, 1897</small>: synonym of Anaglyphula perpusilla <small>(Möllendorff, 1897)</small>
- â Acanthinula plicatella <small>(Reuss, 1849)</small>: synonym of â Spermodea plicatella <small>(Reuss, 1849)</small> (superseded combination)
- Acanthinula raffrayi <small>(Bourguignat, 1883)</small>: synonym of Acanthinula peracanthoda <small>(Bourguignat, 1883)</small> (name based on junior primary homonym)
- â Acanthinula stampiensis [sic]: synonym of â Acanthinula stampinensis <small>(Deshayes, 1863)</small> (misspelling)
- Acanthinula tiluana <small>Möllendorff, 1897</small>: synonym of Anaglyphula tiluana <small>(Möllendorff, 1897)</small> (original combination)
References
- Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 1. Achatinellidae, Amastridae, Orculidae, Strobilopsidae, Spelaeodiscidae, Valloniidae, Cochlicopidae, Pupillidae, Chondrinidae, Pyramidulidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 1-127. Moskva
External links
- Westerlund, C. A. (1903). Methodus dispositionis Conchyliorum extramarinorum in regione palaearctica viventium, familias, genera, subgenera et stirpes sistens. Rada Jugoslavenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti. 151
- Westerlund, C. A. (1889). Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien. II. Gen. Helix. Berlin: R. Friedländer. pp. 473 + 31
- Caziot, E. (1910). ÃÂtude sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la Principauté de Monaco et du Département des Alpes-Maritimes. 559 + (1) (= Errata) + [7 (= Ouvrages scientifiques du même auteur) pp., pl. 1-10. Monaco (Collection de Mémoires et Documents).]