Pyramidula is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidulidae.
Pyramidula is the type genus of the family Pyramidulidae.
Species
The type species in the genus Pyramidula is Pyramidula rupestris.
Species in the genus Pyramidula include:
- Pyramidula cephalonica <small>(Westerlund, 1898)</small>, Balkans
- Pyramidula chorismenostoma <small>(Westerlund & Blanc, 1879)</small>, Balkans
- Pyramidula conica <small>Pilsbry & Hirase, 1902</small>, Japan
- Pyramidula euomphalus <small>(Blanford, 1861)</small>, India
- Pyramidula gracilitesta <small>van Benthem Jutting, 1959</small>
- Pyramidula halyi <small>(Jousseaume, 1894)</small>, Sri Lanka
- Pyramidula humilis <small>(Hutton, 1838)</small>, India
- Pyramidula jaenensis <small>(Clessin, 1882)</small>, Iberian Peninsula
- Pyramidula javana <small>(Möllendorff, 1897)</small>
- Pyramidula kobayashii <small>Kuroda & Hukuda, 1944</small>
- Pyramidula kuznetsovi <small>Schileyko & Balashov, 2012</small>, Nepal
- Pyramidula micra <small>Pilsbry, 1927</small>
- Pyramidula przevalskii <small>Lindholm 1922</small>, northwest China
- Pyramidula pusilla <small>(Vallot, 1801)</small>, Europe and Asia
- Pyramidula rupestris <small>(Draparnaud, 1801)</small>, Mediterranea and maybe south of Central Asia
- Pyramidula saxatilis <small>(Hartmann, 1842)</small>
- â Pyramidula shantungensis <small>Yen, 1969</small>
Synonyms:
- Pyramidula alternata <small>(Say, 1817)</small>: synonym of Anguispira alternata <small>(Say, 1817)</small> (unaccepted combination)
- â Pyramidula antonini <small>(Michaud, 1862)</small>: synonym of â Acanthinula antonini <small>(Michaud, 1862)</small>
- Pyramidula asteriscus <small>(Morse, 1857)</small>: synonym of Planogyra asteriscus <small>(Morse, 1857)</small> (unaccepted combination)
- Pyramidula cockerelli <small>Pilsbry, 1898</small>: synonym of Discus shimekii <small>(Pilsbry, 1890)</small> (junior synonym)
- Pyramidula elrodi <small>Pilsbry, 1900</small>: synonym of Oreohelix elrodi <small>(Pilsbry, 1900)</small> (original combination)
- Pyramidula laosensis <small>Saurin, 1953</small>: synonym of Krobylos laosensis <small>(Saurin, 1953)</small> (original combination)
- â Pyramidula lecontei <small>Stearns, 1902</small>: synonym of â Discus lecontei <small>(Stearns, 1902)</small> (new combination)
- Pyramidula mamillata <small>Andreae, 1904</small> â : synonym of Pleurodiscoides mamillatus <small>(Andreae, 1904)</small> â (new combination)
- Pyramidula patagonica <small>Suter, 1900</small>: synonym of Radiodiscus patagonicus <small>(Suter, 1900)</small>
- Pyramidula pauper <small>(A. Gould, 1859)</small>: synonym of Discus pauper <small>(A. Gould, 1859)</small> (unaccepted combination)
- Pyramidula perspectiva <small>(Say, 1817)</small>: synonym of Discus patulus <small>(Deshayes, 1832)</small> (junior homonym of Helix perspectiva Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1816; synonym)
- Pyramidula picta <small>G. H. Clapp, 1920</small>: synonym of Anguispira picta <small>(G. H. Clapp, 1920)</small>
- â Pyramidula ralstonensis <small>Cockerell, 1914</small>: synonym of â Discus ralstonensis <small>(Cockerell, 1914)</small> (new combination)
- Pyramidula randolphii <small>Dall, 1895</small>: synonym of Punctum randolphii <small>(Dall, 1895)</small> (original combination)
- â Pyramidula recurrecta <small>(Oppenheim, 1890)</small>: synonym of â Pfefferiola recurrecta <small>(Oppenheim, 1890)</small>
- Pyramidula striatella <small>(J. G. Anthony, 1840)</small>: synonym of Discus whitneyi <small>(Newcomb, 1864)</small> (junior synonym)
- Pyramidula strigosa <small>(A. Gould, 1846)</small>: synonym of Oreohelix strigosa <small>(A. Gould, 1846)</small> (unaccepted combination)
- â Pyramidula subteres <small>(Clessin, 1877)</small>: synonym of â Lucilla subteres <small>(Clessin, 1877)</small>
- Pyramidula umbilicata <small>(Montague, 1803)</small>, Iberian Peninsula and British Isles: synonym of Pyramidula pusilla <small>(Vallot, 1801)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
References
Further reading
- Habe, T. (1956). Anatomical Studies on the Japanese Land Snails (7). Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 19(2): 109-117
- Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae). Basteria 60: 71âÂÂ78.
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