Auriculastra

Auriculastra
Shell of Auriculastra duplicata (syntype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Auriculastra
Martens, 1880
Type species
Auriculastra subula
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Synonyms[1]
  • Auriculastra (Conauricula) Kókay, 2006 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cylindrotis Möllendorff, 1895
  • Marinula (Auriculastra) Martens, 1880 (original rank)

Auriculastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pythiinae of the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.[1]

Description

(Described in Latin as Cylindrotis) The shell is almost cylindrical in shape. The aperture is narrow. The peristome is straight and blunt, and it is thickened within by a lip. There is a single parietal lamella. The columella is strongly twisted and truncated, and there are two palatal folds. [2]

Distribution

Species of this marine genus occur in the Indo-Pacific Ocean from Mauritius and the Comores to Southeast Asia and Indonesia, New Guinea, the Philippines and also New Caledonia and Australia (Queensland).

Species

Species in the genus Auriculastra include:

  • Auriculastra acuta Connolly, 1922
  • † Auriculastra aquensis (Tournouër, 1872)
  • † Auriculastra badeniensis Kókay, 2006
  • † Auriculastra biplicata (Grateloup, 1828)
  • Auriculastra brachyspira (Möllendorff, 1894)
  • Auriculastra catonis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
  • † Auriculastra dumasi (Cossmann, 1895)
  • Auriculastra duplicata (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
  • Auriculastra elongata (Küster, 1845)
  • Auriculastra gassiesi (Morelet, 1882)
  • Auriculastra hyalina (Morelet, 1883)
  • Auriculastra oparica (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
  • † Auriculastra ovata (Briart & Cornet, 1887)
  • Auriculastra pusilla (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
  • Auriculastra quadrasi (Möllendorff, 1895)
  • Auriculastra radiolata (Morelet, 1860)
  • Auriculastra saccata (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
  • Auriculastra semiplicata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
  • Auriculastra siamensis (Brandt, 1974)
  • Auriculastra subula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Auriculastra amplicata (Jickeli, 1874): synonym of Laemodonta amplicata] Jickeli, 1874 synonym of Pedipes amplicatus (Jickeli, 1874)
  • Auriculastra bronnii (R. A. Philippi, 1846): synonym of Allochroa bronnii (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (superseded combination)
  • Auriculastra incrassata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854): synonym of Auriculastra elongata (Küster, 1845)
  • Auriculastra nana Haas, 1950: synonym of Microtralia ovulum (Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Auriculastra nevillei (Morelet, 1882): synonym of Auriculastra radiolata (Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym)
  • Auriculastra oblonga (Jickeli, 1874): synonym of Laemodonta oblonga Jickeli, 1874
  • Auriculastra pellucens (Menke, 1828): synonym of Ellobium dominicense (A. Férussac, 1821) (junior subjective synonym)

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Auriculastra Martens, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574835 on 2020-06-02
  2. ^ Quadras, J. F.; Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1895). Diagnoses specierum novarum ex insulis Philippinis. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 27: 73–88, 105–121, 137–149 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Nomenclator Zoologicus info
  • Smith B.J. (1992). Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia, volume 8. xii + 405 pp.
  • Kókay, J. (2006). Nonmarine mollusc fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene, Bakony Mts., W Hungary. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica. 56, 1-196.
  • Martens E. von. (1880). Mollusken. Pp. 179-353, pl. 19-22 In K. Moebius, F. Richters & E. von Martens, Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin: Gutmann
  • Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1898). "Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken". Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 160. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  • Brandt, R.A.M. (1974). "The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand" (PDF). Archiv für Molluskenkunde: 1–423.
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