Cylindrus

Cylindrus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

Cylindrus
Apertural view of a shell of Cylindrus obtusus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Helicidae
Subfamily:
Ariantinae
Genus:
Cylindrus

According to some authors, the name Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833 was homonymous with the cone snail genus Cylindrus Batsch, 1789, an alternate representation of Conus Linnaeus, 1758 and Cylindrus Deshayes, 1824 . The counter argument of others was, that these names have never been in use. As a result, an application to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) for the conservation of the name Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833.[2] was made. In January 2019 the ICZN decided to conserve the name Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833.[3]

Species

The genus Cylindrus contains the following species:

References
  1. Fitzinger L. (1833). Beitr. Landesk. Oesterr. Enns. (Ver. Vaterl. Gesch. Wien), 3: 107.
  2. Gittenberger, E. & Bank, R. (2015): case 3683 Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, HELICIDAE): proposed conservation. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72(4)
  3. Opinion 2422 (Case 3683) – Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Helicidae): usage conserved


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