Urocyclus

Urocyclus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade

Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Urocyclidae
Subfamily: Urocyclinae
Tribe: Urocyclini[1]
Genus: Urocyclus
Gray, 1864[2]

Urocyclus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocyclidae.

Urocyclus is the type genus of the family Urocyclidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Urocyclus include:

  • Urocyclus acuminatus Poirier, 1887[3]
  • Urocyclus auratus Dupouy, 1966[3]
  • Urocyclus comorensis Fischer, 1882[3]
  • Urocyclus grillensis Simroth, 1910[3]
  • Urocyclus kirkii Gray, 1864[2]
  • Urocyclus longicauda Fischer, 1882[3]
  • Urocyclus madagascariensis Poirier, 1887[3]
  • Urocyclus morotzensis Simroth, 1910[3]
  • Urocyclus pinguis Robson, 1914[3]
  • Urocyclus riparius Simroth, 1910[3]
  • Urocyclus vittatus Fischer, 1882[3]

Subgenera:

  • Urocyclina Dupouy, 1966[3]
  • Kirkia Pollonera, 1909[4][3]
  • Urocyclus Gray, 1864

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. 1 2 Gray J. E. (1864). "On Urocyclus, a new genus of terrestrial gasteropodous Mollusca from Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 250-251.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (in French) Dupouy J. (1966). "Urocyclinae de Madagascar (suite). Une espece nouvelle: Urocyclus auratus. Taxonomie du genre Urocyclus s.s. et revision". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 37: 819-832. PDF.
  4. ↑ Pollonera C. (1909) "Molluschi : Stylommatophora. Spedizione al Ruwenzori di S.A.R. il principe L. Amadeo di Savoia". Zool. Botan. 1: 181-205, plates 1-5. page 192.


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