Alycaeus

Alycaeus
Shell of Alycaeus goliath (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Alycaeidae
Genus: Alycaeus
J. E. Gray, 1850
Type species
Cyclostoma gibbum Eydoux, 1838
Synonyms
  • Alcaeus [sic] misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
  • Alycaeus (Alycaeus) Gray, 1850· accepted, alternate representation
  • Alycaeus (Orthalycaeus) L. Pfeiffer, 1876
  • Orthalycaeus L. Pfeiffer, 1876
  • Alycoeus [sic] misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Alycaeus is a genus of small land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. [1]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Alycaeus Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996197 on 2020-05-12