Laemodonta is a genus of small air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Laemodonta Philippi, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205794 on 2012-03-16
Description (Description as Plecotrema) The solid shell has an ovate-conic shape and is umbilicated. The acute spire is elevated. The oblong aperture is contracted. The inner lip shows three plaits, the middle one bifid. The outer lip has a marginal varix and is internally bidentate.Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1855). Contributions towards the natural history of the Auriculidae, a family of pulmoniferous Mollusca; with descriptions of many new species from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 30-37
Species Species within the genus Laemodonta include: Laemodonta bella (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855) Laemodonta blaisei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905) † Laemodonta blesensis (Tournouër, 1870) † † Laemodonta bourgeoisi (Tournouër, 1870) † Laemodonta clausa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Laemodonta cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1854) † Laemodonta delaunayi (Tournouër, 1870) † Laemodonta exaratoides Kawabe, 1992 Laemodonta hirsuta (Garrett, 1872) Laemodonta livida Perugia, 2010 Laemodonta madagascariensis Bozzetti, 2007 Laemodonta minuta (Möllendorff, 1885) Laemodonta monilifera (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Laemodonta oblonga Jickeli, 1874 Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845) Laemodonta punctatostriata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Laemodonta punctigera (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Laemodonta rapax (Dohrn, 1860) Laemodonta siamensis (Morelet, 1875) † Laemodonta striata (Förster, 1888) † Laemodonta typica (H. & A. Adams, 1854)
Species brought into synonymy Laemodonta affinis (Férussac, 1821) : synonym of Pedipes affinis Férussac, 1821 Laemodonta amplicatus C. F. Jickeli, 1874: synonym of Pedipes amplicatus (C. F. Jickeli, 1874) Laemodonta bronni (sic): synonym of Allochroa bronnii (Philippi, 1846) Laemodonta ciliata (Tate, 1879): synonym of Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845) Laemodonta conica (Pease, 1863): synonym of Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855) Laemodonta exarata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) synonym of Melampus exaratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 Laemodonta exigua (H. Adams, 1867): synonym of Laemodonta bella (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855) Laemodonta striata (Philippi, 1846): synonym of Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845)
References
Zilch, A. 1959. Euthyneura. In, Schindewolf, O.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Berlin-Zehlendorf : Bornträger Vol. 6(2)(2) xii 834 pp. Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp. Smith B.J. (1992). Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia, volume 8. xii + 405 pp
External links
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). Monograph of Plecotrema, a new genus of gasteropodous mollusks, belonging to the family Auriculidae, from specimens in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1853) 21: 120-122 Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1898). Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 26-208 Morgan J. de. (1917). Observations sur les Auriculidés du Falunien de la Touraine. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. ser. 4, 16: 21-49