Tropidophora

Tropidophora
Shell of the species Tropidophora perinetensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Pomatiidae
Subfamily: Pomatiinae
Genus: Tropidophora
Troschel, 1847
Type species
Cyclostoma cuvieriana Petit de la Saussaye, 1841
Diversity[1]
95 specific names, unknown number of true biological species
Synonyms
  • Cyclostoma (Ligatella) E. von Martens, 1880
  • Cyclostoma (Tropidophora) Troschel, 1847
  • Cyclostomus (Tropidophora) Troschel, 1847
  • Ligatella E. von Martens, 1880
  • Tropidophora (Eutropidophora) Möllendorff, 1898· accepted, alternate representation
  • Tropidophora (Ligatella) E. von Martens, 1880
  • Tropidophora (Tropidophora) Troschel, 1847· accepted, alternate representation
  • Tropidophora (Virgotropidophora) Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965· accepted, alternate representation

Tropidophora is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Emberton 2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Rowson B., Warren B. H. & Ngereza C. F. (2010). "Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an "oceanic" island". ZooKeys 70: 1-39. doi:10.3897/zookeys.70.762.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tropidophora Troschel, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995130 on 2020-09-30