Carychium is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.
Species species within the genus Carychium include:
Carychium achimszulci Stworzewicz, 1999, Miocene Carychium antiquum Braun, 1843, Miocence †Carychium apathyi Gaál, 1911, Miocene Carychium arboreum Dourson, 2012 Carychium belizeense Jochum & Weigand, 2017 †Carychium berellense Laubrière & Carez, 1880, Paleocene †Carychium bermudense Gulick, 1904, Pliocene †Carychium bigeminatum (Deshayes, 1863), Paleocene Carychium biondii Paulucci, 1882 Carychium boysianum Benson, 1864 Carychium carinatum Haufen, 1858 †Carychium cholnokyi Gaál, 1911, Miocene Carychium clappi Hubricht, 1959 Carychium costaricanum Von Martens, 1898 †Carychium cylindroides Staadt, 1913, Paleocene Carychium cymatoplax Pilsbry, 1901 †Carychium dhorni (Deshayes, 1863), Paleocene †Carychium euboicum Schütt, 1988, Miocene †Carychium eumicrum Bourguignat, 1857, Miocene Carychium exiguum (Say, 1822) Carychium exile H. C. Lea, 1842 †Carychium fischeri Boettger, 1903, Oligocene Carychium floridanum Clapp, 1918 Carychium gibbum (Sandberger, 1875) †Carychium gracile Sandberger, 1875, Miocene Carychium hachijoensis Pilsbry, 1902 Carychium hardiei Jochum & Weigand, 2017 Carychium hellenicum Bank & Gittenberger, 1985 †Carychium hypermeces Cossmann, 1889, Paleocene Carychium ibazoricum Bank & Gittenberger, 1985 Carychium indicum Benson, 1849 †Carychium interferens (Deshayes, 1863), Paleocene Carychium jardineanum (Chitty, 1853) Carychium javanum von Möllendorff, 1897 Carychium lederi O. Boettger, 1880 Carychium loheri von Möllendorff, 1898 †Carychium majus Boettger, 1870, Miocene Carychium mariae Paulucci, 1878 Carychium mexicanum Pilsbry, 1891 ?†Carychium michaudi (Boissy, 1848), Paleocene †Carychium michelini (Boissy, 1846), Paleocene Carychium minimum ( O. F. Müller, 1774) Carychium minusculum Gredler, 1887 †Carychium moenanum Wenz, 1917, Oligocene Carychium nannodes G. H. Clapp, 1905 †Carychium nincki Cossmann, 1913, Eocene Carychium nipponense Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904 Carychium noduliferum Reinhardt, 1877 †Carychium nouleti Bourguignat, 1857, Miocene/Pliocene Carychium occidentale Pilsbry, 1891 †Carychium pachychilus Sandberger, 1875, Miocene Carychium paganettii Zimmermann, 1925 Carychium panamaense Jochum, 2018 Carychium pessimum Pilsbry, 1902 †Carychium pseudotetrodon Strauch, 1977, Miocene †Carychium puisseguri Truc, 1972, Pliocene Carychium pulchellum Freyer 1855, †Carychium quadridens (Andreae, 1884), Eocene †Carychium remiensis (Boissy, 1848), Paleocene †Carychium rhenanum Strauch, 1977, Pliocene Carychium riparium Hubricht, 1978 †Carychium sandbergeri Handmann, 1887, Miocene/Pliocene †Carychium schlickumi Strauch, 1977, Miocene/Pliocene †Carychium schwageri Reuss, 1868, Miocene ?Carychium sianicum Caziot, 1910, subrecent Carychium sibiricum Gerstfeldt, 1859 †Carychium sparnacense Deshayes, 1863, Paleocene †Carychium starobogatovi Steklov, 1966, Miocene/Pliocene Carychium stygium Call, 1897 †Carychium suevicum Boettger, 1877, Miocene †Carychium surai Stworzewicz, 1999, Miocene †Carychium tetrodon (Paladilhe, 1873), Paleocene Carychium thailandicum Burch & Panha, 1998 Carychium tianmushanense Chen, 1992 Carychium tridentatum (Risso, 1826) †Carychium vindobonense (Handmann, 1882), Pliocene Carychium zarzaae Jochum & Weigand, 2017
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External links Worldwide mollusc species data base Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Vol. 1, Pars Ima: 1-136 ; Pars Altera: 1-214 + index 8 pp. . Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig), Heineck & Faber 61-63. Pilsbry H. A. (October) 1894. The American species of Carychium. The Nautilus, 8(6)