Allopeas, common name the "awl snails", is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Species
The genus Allopeas includes the following species:
- Allopeas acmella <small>(Morelet, 1885)</small>
- â Allopeas agnolini <small>Miquel, 2024</small>
- Allopeas brevispira <small>(Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)</small>
- Allopeas cavernicola <small>(Annandale & Chopra, 1924)</small>
- Allopeas clavulinum <small>(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)</small> - spike awlsnail
- Allopeas franzhuberi <small>Thach, 2021</small>
- Allopeas gracile <small>(Hutton, 1834)</small> - graceful awlsnail - type species
- Allopeas hedeius <small>(Mabille, 1887)</small>
- Allopeas heudei <small>(Pilsbry, 1906)</small>
- Allopeas latebricola <small>(Reeve, 1849)</small>
- Allopeas mariae <small>(Jousseaume, 1894)</small>
- Allopeas micra <small>(d'Orbigny, 1835)</small>
- Allopeas myrmekophilos <small>R. Janssen, 2002</small>
- Allopeas prestoni <small>(Sykes, 1898)</small>
- Allopeas pusillum <small>(H. Adams, 1867)</small>
- Allopeas recisa <small>(Morelet, 1885)</small>
- Allopeas satsumense <small>(Pilsbry, 1906)</small>
- Allopeas subula <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1839)</small>
- Allopeas sykesi <small>(Pilsbry, 1906)</small>
Synonyms:
- Allopeas gracilis [sic]: synonym of Allopeas gracile <small>(T. Hutton, 1834)</small> (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Allopeas javanicum <small>(Reeve, 1849)</small>: synonym of Paropeas achatinaceum <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small> (junior synonym)
- Allopeas layardi <small>(W. H. Benson, 1863)</small>: synonym of Eutomopeas layardi <small>(W. H. Benson, 1863)</small> (unaccepted combination)
- Allopeas mauritianum <small>(Pfeiffer, 1852)</small> - Mauritian awlsnail: synonym of Allopeas clavulinum <small>(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
- Allopeas oparanum <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small>: synonym of Allopeas gracile <small>(T. Hutton, 1834)</small>
- Allopeas pyrgiscus <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1861)</small>: synonym of Allopeas gracile <small>(T. Hutton, 1834)</small> (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Allopeas pyrgula <small>(Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891)</small>: synonym of Opeas pyrgula <small>Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891</small> (superseded combination)
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