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Hyperaulax

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Hyperaulax
Drawing of the apertural view of a shell of Hyperaulax ridleyi.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Odontostomidae
Genus: Hyperaulax
Pilsbry, 1897[1]
Type species
Bulimus ridleyi
E. A. Smith, 1890
Synonyms[2]
  • Bonnanius Jousseaume, 1900 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimulus (Hyperaulax) Pilsbry, 1897 (original rank)

Hyperaulax is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae.[3][2]

Species

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Species within the genus Hyperaulax include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Hyperaulax americanus (Heilprin, 1886): synonym of † Tocobaga americanus (Heilprin, 1886)
  • Hyperaulax ballistae (Dall, 1915): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846)
  • Hyperaulax floridanus (Conrad, 1846): synonym of †Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846)
  • Hyperaulax heilprinianus (Dall, 1890): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846)
  • Hyperaulax limnaeiformis (Meek & Hayden, 1856): synonym of †Lioplacodes limneaformis (Meek & Hayden, 1856) (incorrect subsequent spelling; new combination)
  • Hyperaulax remolinus (Dall, 1915): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)
  • Hyperaulax stearnsii (Dall, 1890): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)
  • Hyperaulax tampae (Dall, 1915): synonym of †Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)
  • Hyperaulax tortilla (Dall, 1890): synonym of † Tocobaga floridanus (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)

References

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  1. ^ a b Pilsbry H. A. (23 February 1897) Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Hyperaulax Pilsbry, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995343 on 2020-06-15
  3. ^ Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2012) "Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London". ZooKeys 182: 1-70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.182.2720.
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