Lignus is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae.
Species
- Lignus alabaster <small>(Rang, 1831)</small>
- Lignus batesi <small>(Preston, 1909)</small>
- Lignus belli <small>(Germain, 1908)</small>
- Lignus cailleanus <small>(Morelet, 1848)</small>
- Lignus efulensis <small>(Preston, 1909)</small>
- Lignus interstinctus <small>(Gould, 1843)</small>
- Lignus mucidus <small>(Gould, 1850)</small>
- Lignus solimanus <small>(Morelet, 1848)</small>
- Lignus tenuis <small>Gray, 1834</small>
- Lignus verdieri <small>(Chaper, 1885)</small>
- Lignus zegzeg <small>(Morelet, 1848)</small>
Taxon inquirendum:
- Lignus turbinatus <small>(I. Lea, 1841)</small>
References
- Morelet, A., 1848 Revue zoologique.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
External links
- Gray, J. E. (1834). Land and freshwater shells hitherto undescribed. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1834) 2: 63-68
- Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein.
- Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Mollusken. Notitiae Malacologicae. 1: 1-90, pls 1-9