Solaropsis

Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae.[3]

Solaropsis
Solaropsis pellisserpentis shells
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:
Pleurodontidae
Genus:
Solaropsis

Beck, 1837[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ophiodermis Agassiz, 1846
  • Ophiospila Ancey, 1887
  • Solarium Lamarck, 1799

Distribution

Distribution of Solaropsis include:

Central America:

South America:

Species

Species within the genus Solaropsis include:

  • Solaropsis alcobacensis Salvador & Simone, 2015[6]
  • Solaropsis amazonica (Pfeiffer, 1854)[7]
  • Solaropsis andicola L. Pfeiffer[2]
  • Solaropsis anguicula (Hupé, 1853)[7]
  • Solaropsis bachi Ihering, 1900[7]
  • Solaropsis brasiliana (Deshayes, 1831)[2][7]
  • Solaropsis catenifera L. Pfeiffer[2]
  • Solaropsis cearana (F. Baker, 1914)[2][7]
  • Solaropsis cicatricata Beck, 1837[7]
  • Solaropsis derbyi (Ihering, 1900)[7]
  • Solaropsis elaps Dohrn, 1882[7]
  • Solaropsis fairchildi Bequaert & Clench, 1938[5][7]
  • Solaropsis feisthameli (Hupé, 1853)[7]
  • Solaropsis heliaca (d’Orbigny, 1835)[7]
  • Solaropsis johnsoni Pilsbry, 1933[7]
  • Solaropsis kuhni L. Pfeiffer[2]
  • Solaropsis leopoldina (Strubel, 1895)[7]
  • Solaropsis marmatensis L. Pfeiffer[2]
  • Solaropsis palizae Weyrauch[2]
  • Solaropsis pascalia (Cailliaud, 1857)[7]
  • Solaropsis pellis serpentis Chemnitz[2]
  • Solaropsis pilsbryi Ihering, 1900[7]
  • Solaropsis praestans L. Pfeiffer[2]
  • Solaropsis rosarium (Pfeiffer, 1849)[7]
  • Solaropsis rugifera Dohrn, 1882[7]
  • Solaropsis selenostoma L. Pfeiffer[2]
  • Solaropsis serpens (Spix, 1827)[7]
  • Solaropsis tiloriensis (Angas, 1879)[4]
  • Solaropsis trigonostoma Haas, 1934[7]
  • Solaropsis undata (Lightfoot, 1786)[2][7]
  • Solaropsis vipera (Pfeiffer, 1859)[7]

Ecology

Solaropsis lives in rain forests.[5]

Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.[5]

References
  1. Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 27.
  2. Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1840-1843.
  3. 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.
  4. Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.
  5. Oliveira L. E. (2010). "Carnivory in Solaropsis aff. fairchildi (Gastropoda, Solaropsidae)". Strombus 17(2): 12-13. abstract.
  6. Salvador, R.B.; Simone, L.R.L. (2015). "Taxonomical study on a sample of land snails from Alcobaça (Bahia, Brazil), with description of a new species". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A. Neue Serie 8: 1–7.
  7. (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Cuezzo M. G. (2002). "On Solaropsis Beck: New anatomical data and its systematic position within Helicoidea (Pulmonata, Stylomatophora)". Papeis avulsos de Zool., São Paulo 42(3): 31-46.
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