Leiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.
This genus is endemic to South America, occurring in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.
Species
Species in the genus Leiostracus include:
- Leiostracus carnavalescus <small>Simone & Salvador, 2016</small>
- Leiostracus cinnamomeolineatus <small>(Moricand, 1841)</small>
- Leiostracus clouei <small>(Pfeiffer, 1856)</small>
- Leiostracus coxiranus <small>(Potiez & Michaud, 1835)</small>
- Leiostracus demerarensis <small>(Pfeiffer, 1861)</small>
- Leiostracus faerie <small>Salvador & Cavallari, 2014</small>
- Leiostracus ferreirai <small>(Palma & Brito, 1974)</small>
- Leiostracus fetidus <small>Salvador & Cavallari, 2014</small>
- Leiostracus goniotropis <small>(Ancey, 1904)</small>
- Leiostracus manoeli <small>(Moricand, 1841)</small>
- Leiostracus melanoscolops <small>(Dohrn, 1882)</small>
- Leiostracus obliquus <small>(Reeve, 1849)</small>
- Leiostracus omphaloides <small>(Menke, 1846)</small>
- Leiostracus onager <small>(Beck, 1837)</small>
- Leiostracus perlucidus <small>(Spix, 1827)</small>
- Leiostracus sarchochilus <small>(Pfeiffer, 1837)</small>
- Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Pilsbry, 1899)
- Leiostracus vimineus <small>(Moricand, 1833)</small>
- Leiostracus vitreus <small>(Spix, 1827)</small>
- Leiostracus vittatus <small>(Spix, 1827)</small>
- Leiostracus webberi <small>Pilsbry, 1939</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Leiostracus coxeiranus <small>(Moricand, 1836)</small>: synonym of Leiostracus coxiranus <small>(Potiez & Michaud, 1835)</small> (junior synonym)
- Leiostracus kugleri <small>Forcart, 1954</small>: synonym of Bostryx kugleri <small>(Forcart, 1954)</small> (original combination)
- Leiostracus polygrammus <small>(Moricand, 1836)</small>: synonym of Drymaeus polygramma <small>(S. Moricand, 1836)</small>
- Leiostracus studeri <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1847)</small>: synonym of Drymaeus studeri <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1847)</small>
References
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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