Gymnarion is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Urocyclidae.
Description
(Original description) These helixarionid snails possess minute, remote right and left shell-lobes. The penis features a subterminal retractor muscle and an epiphallus, the latter lacking a flagellum or other appendages. A long, club-shaped dart sac (amatorial gland) is present.
Species
Species within the genus Gymnarion include:
- Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae <small>(Pollonera, 1906)</small>
- Gymnarion anchora E. <small>Binder, 1971</small>
- Gymnarion apertus <small>E. Binder, 1979</small>
- Gymnarion bequaerti <small>E. Binder, 1979</small>
- Gymnarion cheranganiensis <small>Connolly, 1925</small>
- Gymnarion chinegris <small>E. Binder, 1979</small>
- Gymnarion chirindicus <small>E. Binder, 1981</small>
- Gymnarion columna <small>E. Binder, 1971</small>
- Gymnarion corneola <small>(Morelet, 1867)</small>
- Gymnarion coronatus <small>E. Binder, 1976</small>
- Gymnarion ducae <small>E. Binder, 1976</small>
- Gymnarion gomesiana <small>(Morelet, 1867)</small>
- Gymnarion grandis <small>(H. Beck, 1838)</small>
- Gymnarion grossans <small>E. Binder, 1971</small>
- Gymnarion masukuensis <small>(E. A. Smith, 1899)</small>
- Gymnarion medjensis <small>Pilsbry, 1919</small>
- Gymnarion membranaceus <small>(Thiele, 1911)</small>
- Gymnarion nyasanus <small>(E.A. Smith, 1899)</small>
- Gymnarion plicatulus <small>(E. von Martens, 1876)</small>
- Gymnarion scutum <small>E. Binder, 1971</small>
- Gymnarion sigaretinus <small>(Récluz, 1841)</small>
- Gymnarion sowerbyanus <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1849)</small>
- Gymnarion tanganyicae <small>(E. von Martens, 1895)</small>
- Gymnarion upembae <small>E. Binder, 1979</small>
- Gymnarion vanmoli <small>E. Binder, 1979</small>
- Gymnarion vumbae <small>E. Binder, 1981</small>
- Gymnarion wittei <small>E. Binder, 1979</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Gymnarion (Lacrimarion) lacrimosus <small>Connolly, 1929</small> : synonym of Lacrimarion lacrimosus <small>(Connolly, 1929)</small> (superseded combination)
- Gymnarion aloysii-sabaudiae <small>(Pollonera, 1906)</small> : synonym of Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae <small>(Pollonera, 1906)</small> (incorrect original spelling)
- Gymnarion lacrimosus <small>Connolly, 1929</small> : synonym of Lacrimarion lacrimosus <small>(Connolly, 1929)</small> (original combination)
References
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017
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