Plekocheilus

Plekocheilus
	Apertual view of a shell of Plekocheilus euryomphalus.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Amphibulimidae
Genus:	Plekocheilus; Guilding, 1828
Type species
	Carychium undulatum Leach, 1814;
Synonyms
	Antitragus Oberwimmer, 1931 (junior synonym); Auris (Antitragus) Oberwimmer, 1931 (junior synonymy); Auris (Eudolichotis) Pilsbry, 1896; Bulimus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850 (junior synonym); Bulimus (Plekocheilus) Guilding, 1827 (junior synonym); Caprella Guilding, 1824 (invalid: junior homonym of Caprella Lamarck, 1801; Plekocheilus is a replacement name); Eudolichotis Pilsbry, 1896; Eudolichotus [sic]; Euritis [sic]; Eurytus Albers, 1850 (junior synonymy); Orcesiellus Weyrauch, 1967; Pelekocheilus Beck, 1837 (junior synonymy); Plecocheilus Swainson, 1833 (junior synonymy); Plecocheilus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850; Plecocheilus (Plecocheilus) Swainson, 1833 (incorrect subsequent spelling); Plecochilus Agassiz, 1846 (unjustifed emendation); Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) Weyrauch, 1967· accepted, alternate representation; Plekocheilus (Eudolichotis) Pilsbry, 1896· accepted, alternate representation; Plekocheilus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation; Plekocheilus (Orcesiellus) Weyrauch, 1967 (junior synonymy); Plekocheilus (Plekocheilus) Guilding, 1827· accepted, alternate representation; Plekocheilus (Sparnotion) Pilsbry, 1944 (junior synonymy); Strophocheilus (Eurytus) Albers, 1850 (junior synonymy);

Plekocheilus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.^[3]^[2]

Distribution[edit]

This genus occurs in South America: Colombia,^[4] Venezuela, Brazil and Ecuador.

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Plekocheilus include:

Plekocheilus alticolus (F. Haas, 1955)
Plekocheilus ampullaroides (Mousson, 1873)^[4]
Plekocheilus annetae Breure, 2020
Plekocheilus apunni (Dunker, 1875)^[4]
Plekocheilus argenteus (Jousseaume, 1900)^[4]
Plekocheilus aristaceus (Crosse, 1869)
Plekocheilus aulacostylus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Plekocheilus aureonitens (K. Miller, 1878)
Plekocheilus auriformis (da Costa, 1904)
Plekocheilus aurissciuri Guppy, 1866^[3]
Plekocheilus aurissileni (Born, 1780) - photo of radula
Plekocheilus bellulus (Jonas, 1844)
Plekocheilus bigener Borrero & Breure, 2011^[4]
Plekocheilus blainvilleanus (Pfeiffer, 1848)^[4]
Plekocheilus breweri Breure & Schlögl, 2010^[5]
Plekocheilus bruggeni Breure, 1978^[3]
Plekocheilus calliostomus (Dohrn, 1882)^[4]
Plekocheilus camaritagua Borrero & Breure, 2011^[4]
Plekocheilus cardinalis (Pfeiffer, 1853)^[4]
Plekocheilus castaneus (Pfeiffer, 1845)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus cathcartiae (Reeve, 1848)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus cecepeus Breure & R. Araujo, 2015
Plekocheilus coloratus (Nyst, 1845)^[6]^[4] - synonym: Plekocheilus lamarckianus (Pfeiffer, 1848)^[3]
Plekocheilus conspicuus Pilsbry, 1932
Plekocheilus dalmasi (Dautzenberg, 1900)^[6]^[4]
Plekocheilus delicatus (Pilsbry, 1935)^[4]
Plekocheilus dillwynianus (Pfeiffer, 1853)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus dissimulans (Preston, 1909)^[3]
Plekocheilus distortus (Bruguière, 1789)^[4] - in Brazil and Venezuela^[7]
Plekocheilus doliarius (da Costa, 1898)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus elaeodes (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Plekocheilus episcopalis (Pfeiffer, 1855)^[3]^[4]
- subspecies Plekocheilus episcopalis auriformis (Da Costa, 1904)^[4] - synonym: Plekocheilus auriformis (da Costa, 1904)^[3]
- subspecies Plekocheilus episcopalis corticosus (Sowerby III, 1895)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus eros (Angas, 1878)^[3]
Plekocheilus euryomphalus (Jonas, 1844) - synonym: Plekocheilus otostomus (Pfeiffer, 1855),^[3] - in Venezuela^[7]
Plekocheilus floccosus (Spix in J. A. Wagner, 1827)
Plekocheilus fulminans (Nyst, 1843)^[6]^[4]
Plekocheilus fusitorsus (Oberwimmer, 1931)
Plekocheilus gibber (Oberwimmer, 1931)
Plekocheilus gibbonius (Lea, 1838)^[4]
Plekocheilus glaber (Gmelin, 1791)^[4]
Plekocheilus glandiformis (Lea, 1838)^[4] - synonym: Plekocheilus (Eurytus) couturesi Ancey, 1900^[4]
Plekocheilus guentheri (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)^[4]
Plekocheilus hauxwelli (Crosse, 1872)
Plekocheilus huberi Breure, 2009
Plekocheilus incognitus Borrero & Breure, 2011^[4]
Plekocheilus jimenezi (Hidalgo, 1872)^[4]
Plekocheilus jucundus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
Plekocheilus labiosus Borrero & Breure, 2011
Plekocheilus lacerta (Pfeiffer, 1855)^[3]
Plekocheilus linterae(G.B. Sowerby III, 1890)^[3]
Plekocheilus loveni (Pfeiffer, 1848)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus lugubris (Dunker, 1882)
Plekocheilus lynciculus (Deville & Hupé, 1850)
Plekocheilus midas (Albers, 1852)^[4]
Plekocheilus mundiperditi F. Haas, 1955
Plekocheilus nachiyacu Pilsbry, 1939
Plekocheilus nebulosus Breure, 2009
Plekocheilus nocturnus Pilsbry, 1939
Plekocheilus oligostylus Pilsbry, 1939
Plekocheilus onca (d'Orbigny, 1835)
Plekocheilus paraguas Borrero & Breure, 2011
Plekocheilus pentadinus (d'Orbigny, 1835) - synonym: Helix onca d'Orbigny, 1835^[3]
Plekocheilus perdix (Pfeiffer, 1848)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus philippei Breure, 2012 in press^[8]
Plekocheilus piperatoides Pilsbry, 1901
Plekocheilus piperitus (G.B.Sowerby I, 1837)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus pirriensis Dall, 1912^[4]
Plekocheilus plectostylus (Pfeiffer, 1848) - synonym: Plekocheilus speciosus (Pfeiffer, 1854)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus pulicarius (Reeve, 1848)^[3]^[4] - synonyms: Plekocheilus (Eurytus) virgatus (Pilsbry, 1935); Plekocheilus (Eurytus) mabillei (Crosse, 1867)^[4]
Plekocheilus quadricolor (Pfeiffer, 1848)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus rhodocheilus (Reeve, 1848)^[3]
Plekocheilus roseolabrum (E. A. Smith, 1877)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus sanderi Breure, 2020
Plekocheilus semperi (Dohrn, 1882)
Plekocheilus sinuatus (Albers, 1854)^[4]
Plekocheilus sophiae Breure, 2009
Plekocheilus subglandiformis (Mousson, 1873)^[4]
Plekocheilus succineoides (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)^[4] - synonym: Plekocheilus latilabris (Pfeiffer, 1855)^[3]^[4]
- subspecies Plekocheilus succineoides cleeforum Breure, 1977^[4]
- subspecies Plekocheilus succineoides zilchi Breure, 1977^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus superstriatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1890)^[3]
Plekocheilus taquinensis (Pfeiffer, 1855)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus tatei (F. Haas, 1955)
Plekocheilus taylorianus (Reeve, 1849)
Plekocheilus tenuissimus Weyrauch, 1967^[4]
Plekocheilus tetensii (Dunker, 1875)^[4]
Plekocheilus tricolor (Pfeiffer, 1853)^[4]
Plekocheilus taylorianus (Reeve, 1849)^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus veranyi (Pfeiffer, 1848) - synonym: Bulimus scytodes Pfeiffer, 1853^[3]^[4]
Plekocheilus vlceki Breure & Schlögl, 2010^[5]

Synonyms[edit]

Plekocheilus ameghinoi Parodiz, 1962: synonym of Plekocheilus guentheri (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) (junior synonym)
Plekocheilus gracilis Broderip, 1841: synonym of Callistocharis fulguratus (Jay, 1842) (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Bulimus gracilis Hutton, 1834)
Plekocheilus jacksoni Pilsbry, 1939: synonym of Plekocheilus lynciculus (Deville & Hupé, 1850) (junior synonymy)
Plekocheilus manco Pilsbry, 1930: synonym of Plekocheilus veranyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) (junior synonymy)
Plekocheilus mcgintyi H. B. Baker, 1963: synonym of Plekocheilus piperitus mcgintyi H. B. Baker, 1963 (original combination)
Plekocheilus pseudopiperatus Pilsbry, 1895: synonym of Plekocheilus piperitus piperitus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1837) (junior synonym)
Plekocheilus undulatus (Leach, 1814): synonym of Plekocheilus aurissileni (Born, 1780)

References[edit]

^ Guilding L. (1827). Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15(2): 512.
^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plekocheilus Guilding, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870077 on 2022-01-26
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2011) "Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London". ZooKeys 138: 1-52. doi:10.3897/zookeys.138.1847.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax Borrero F. J. & Breure A. S. H. (2011). "The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas". Zootaxa 3054: 1-59. preview.
^ ^a ^b Beaure A. S. H. & Schlögl J. (2010). "Additional notes on Orthalicidae from the Chimantá massif, Venezuelan Guayana, with descriptions of new species of Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 2416: 51-60. abstract.
^ ^a ^b ^c Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species". ZooKeys 101: 1-50. doi:10.3897/zookeys.101.1133.
^ ^a ^b Arias C, Sergio, 1952. Algunos moluscos de la región Baruta - EL Hatilllo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle XII(31):47-65
^ Breure A. S. H. (in press). "Living in isolation: Plekocheilus (P.) philippei spec. nov. from Venezuelan Guayana (Gastropoda, Amphibulimidae)".

Oberwimmer, H. (1931). Beschreibung dreier neuer Bulimuliden aus dem Senckenberg-Museum. Senckenbergiana, 13: 190-194. Frankfurt am Main.
Weyrauch, W.K. (1967). Descripciones y notas sobre gastropodos terrestres de Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brasil, y Peru. Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 21: 457-499.

External links[edit]

[1] Guilding L. (1827). Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15(2): 512.

[WoRMS-2] MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plekocheilus Guilding, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870077 on 2022-01-26

[Breure_&_Ablett_2011-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2011) "Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London". ZooKeys 138: 1-52. doi:10.3897/zookeys.138.1847.

[Borrero_2011-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax Borrero F. J. & Breure A. S. H. (2011). "The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas". Zootaxa 3054: 1-59. preview.

[Breure_Schlögl_2010-5] Beaure A. S. H. & Schlögl J. (2010). "Additional notes on Orthalicidae from the Chimantá massif, Venezuelan Guayana, with descriptions of new species of Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 2416: 51-60. abstract.

[Breure_2011-6] Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species". ZooKeys 101: 1-50. doi:10.3897/zookeys.101.1133.

[Arias_1952-7] Arias C, Sergio, 1952. Algunos moluscos de la región Baruta - EL Hatilllo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle XII(31):47-65

[8] Breure A. S. H. (in press). "Living in isolation: Plekocheilus (P.) philippei spec. nov. from Venezuelan Guayana (Gastropoda, Amphibulimidae)".

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