Massylaea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
It contains the following species:
Species brought into synonymy:
- Massylaea bisseyana <small>Pallary, 1933</small>: synonym of Loxana rerayana <small>(Mousson, 1873)</small> (original combination)
- Massylaea bournazeliana <small>Pallary, 1933</small>: synonym of Loxana lechatelieri <small>(Pallary, 1917)</small> (original combination)
- Massylaea constantina <small>(E. Forbes, 1838)</small>: synonym of Eobania constantina <small>(E. Forbes, 1838)</small>
- Massylaea derbesi <small>Pallary, 1933</small>: synonym of Loxana rerayana <small>(Mousson, 1873)</small> (original combination)
- Massylaea rerayana <small>(Mousson, 1873)</small>: synonym of Loxana rerayana <small>(Mousson, 1873)</small> (superseded generic combination)
- Massylaea severinae <small>Pallary, 1918</small>: synonym of Loxana severinae <small>(Pallary, 1918)</small>
- Massylaea vermiculata <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small>: synonym of Eobania vermiculata <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small>
References
- Morelet, A., 1851. Appendice àla Conchyliologie de l'Algérie; descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 2: 351-361
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017