Plekocheilus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plekocheilus Guilding, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870077 on 2022-01-26
Distribution This genus occurs in South America: Colombia,Borrero F. J. & Breure A. S. H. (2011). "The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas". Zootaxa 3054: 1-59. preview. Venezuela, Brazil and Ecuador.
Species Species within the genus Plekocheilus include:
Plekocheilus alticolus (F. Haas, 1955) Plekocheilus ampullaroides (Mousson, 1873) Plekocheilus annetae Breure, 2020 Plekocheilus apunni (Dunker, 1875) Plekocheilus argenteus (Jousseaume, 1900) Plekocheilus aristaceus (Crosse, 1869) Plekocheilus aulacostylus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Plekocheilus aureonitens (K. Miller, 1878) Plekocheilus auriformis (da Costa, 1904) Plekocheilus aurissciuri Guppy, 1866 Plekocheilus aurissileni (Born, 1780) - photo of radula Plekocheilus bellulus (Jonas, 1844) Plekocheilus bigener Borrero & Breure, 2011 Plekocheilus blainvilleanus (Pfeiffer, 1848) Plekocheilus breweri Breure & Schlögl, 2010 Plekocheilus bruggeni Breure, 1978 Plekocheilus calliostomus (Dohrn, 1882) Plekocheilus camaritagua Borrero & Breure, 2011 Plekocheilus cardinalis (Pfeiffer, 1853) Plekocheilus castaneus (Pfeiffer, 1845) Plekocheilus cathcartiae (Reeve, 1848) Plekocheilus cecepeus Breure & R. Araujo, 2015 Plekocheilus coloratus (Nyst, 1845)Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species". ZooKeys 101: 1-50. . - synonym: Plekocheilus lamarckianus (Pfeiffer, 1848) Plekocheilus conspicuus Pilsbry, 1932 Plekocheilus dalmasi (Dautzenberg, 1900) Plekocheilus delicatus (Pilsbry, 1935) Plekocheilus dillwynianus (Pfeiffer, 1853) Plekocheilus dissimulans (Preston, 1909) Plekocheilus distortus (Bruguière, 1789) - in Brazil and VenezuelaArias C, Sergio, 1952. Algunos moluscos de la región Baruta - EL Hatilllo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle XII(31):47-65 Plekocheilus doliarius (da Costa, 1898) Plekocheilus elaeodes (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Plekocheilus episcopalis (Pfeiffer, 1855) subspecies Plekocheilus episcopalis auriformis (Da Costa, 1904) - synonym: Plekocheilus auriformis (da Costa, 1904)Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2011) "Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London". ZooKeys 138: 1-52. . subspecies Plekocheilus episcopalis corticosus (Sowerby III, 1895) Plekocheilus eros (Angas, 1878) Plekocheilus euryomphalus (Jonas, 1844) - synonym: Plekocheilus otostomus (Pfeiffer, 1855), - in Venezuela Plekocheilus floccosus (Spix in J. A. Wagner, 1827) Plekocheilus fulminans (Nyst, 1843) Plekocheilus fusitorsus (Oberwimmer, 1931) Plekocheilus gibber (Oberwimmer, 1931) Plekocheilus gibbonius (Lea, 1838) Plekocheilus glaber (Gmelin, 1791) Plekocheilus glandiformis (Lea, 1838) - synonym: Plekocheilus (Eurytus) couturesi Ancey, 1900 Plekocheilus guentheri (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892) Plekocheilus hauxwelli (Crosse, 1872) Plekocheilus huberi Breure, 2009 Plekocheilus incognitus Borrero & Breure, 2011 Plekocheilus jimenezi (Hidalgo, 1872) Plekocheilus jucundus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Plekocheilus labiosus Borrero & Breure, 2011 Plekocheilus lacerta (Pfeiffer, 1855) Plekocheilus linterae(G.B. Sowerby III, 1890) Plekocheilus loveni (Pfeiffer, 1848) Plekocheilus lugubris (Dunker, 1882) Plekocheilus lynciculus (Deville & Hupé, 1850) Plekocheilus midas (Albers, 1852) Plekocheilus mundiperditi F. Haas, 1955 Plekocheilus nachiyacu Pilsbry, 1939 Plekocheilus nebulosus Breure, 2009 Plekocheilus nocturnus Pilsbry, 1939 Plekocheilus oligostylus Pilsbry, 1939 Plekocheilus onca (d'Orbigny, 1835) Plekocheilus paraguas Borrero & Breure, 2011 Plekocheilus pentadinus (d'Orbigny, 1835) - synonym: Helix onca d'Orbigny, 1835 Plekocheilus perdix (Pfeiffer, 1848) Plekocheilus philippei Breure, 2012 in pressBreure A. S. H. (in press). "Living in isolation: Plekocheilus (P.) philippei spec. nov. from Venezuelan Guayana (Gastropoda, Amphibulimidae)". Plekocheilus piperatoides Pilsbry, 1901 Plekocheilus piperitus (G.B.Sowerby I, 1837) Plekocheilus pirriensis Dall, 1912 Plekocheilus plectostylus (Pfeiffer, 1848) - synonym: Plekocheilus speciosus (Pfeiffer, 1854) Plekocheilus pulicarius (Reeve, 1848) - synonyms: Plekocheilus (Eurytus) virgatus (Pilsbry, 1935); Plekocheilus (Eurytus) mabillei (Crosse, 1867) Plekocheilus quadricolor (Pfeiffer, 1848) Plekocheilus rhodocheilus (Reeve, 1848) Plekocheilus roseolabrum (E. A. Smith, 1877) Plekocheilus sanderi Breure, 2020 Plekocheilus semperi (Dohrn, 1882) Plekocheilus sinuatus (Albers, 1854) Plekocheilus sophiae Breure, 2009 Plekocheilus subglandiformis (Mousson, 1873) Plekocheilus succineoides (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840) - synonym: Plekocheilus latilabris (Pfeiffer, 1855) subspecies Plekocheilus succineoides cleeforum Breure, 1977 subspecies Plekocheilus succineoides zilchi Breure, 1977 Plekocheilus superstriatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1890) Plekocheilus taquinensis (Pfeiffer, 1855) Plekocheilus tatei (F. Haas, 1955) Plekocheilus taylorianus (Reeve, 1849) Plekocheilus tenuissimus Weyrauch, 1967 Plekocheilus tetensii (Dunker, 1875) Plekocheilus tricolor (Pfeiffer, 1853) Plekocheilus taylorianus (Reeve, 1849) Plekocheilus veranyi (Pfeiffer, 1848) - synonym: Bulimus scytodes Pfeiffer, 1853 Plekocheilus vlceki Breure & Schlögl, 2010Beaure A. S. H. & Schlögl J. (2010). "Additional notes on Orthalicidae from the Chimantá massif, Venezuelan Guayana, with descriptions of new species of Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 2416: 51-60. abstract.
Synonyms Plekocheilus ameghinoi Parodiz, 1962: synonym of Plekocheilus guentheri (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) (junior synonym) Plekocheilus gracilis Broderip, 1841: synonym of Callistocharis fulguratus (Jay, 1842) (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Bulimus gracilis Hutton, 1834) Plekocheilus jacksoni Pilsbry, 1939: synonym of Plekocheilus lynciculus (Deville & Hupé, 1850) (junior synonymy) Plekocheilus manco Pilsbry, 1930: synonym of Plekocheilus veranyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) (junior synonymy) Plekocheilus mcgintyi H. B. Baker, 1963: synonym of Plekocheilus piperitus mcgintyi H. B. Baker, 1963 (original combination) Plekocheilus pseudopiperatus Pilsbry, 1895: synonym of Plekocheilus piperitus piperitus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1837) (junior synonym) Plekocheilus undulatus (Leach, 1814): synonym of Plekocheilus aurissileni (Born, 1780)
References
Oberwimmer, H. (1931). Beschreibung dreier neuer Bulimuliden aus dem Senckenberg-Museum. Senckenbergiana, 13: 190-194. Frankfurt am Main. Weyrauch, W.K. (1967). Descripciones y notas sobre gastropodos terrestres de Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brasil, y Peru. Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 21: 457-499.
Further reading Breure A. S. H. (1975). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, II. Plekocheilus and Naesiotus". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 46: 71-93, pls. 6-8, tables 8-14.
External links
Swainson W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymus plantarum nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. i-x, 1-1135. Soloduri. : Sumptibus Jent et Gassman Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp. Guilding, I. (1828). Observations on the zoology of the Caribbean Islands. The Zoological Journal. 3: 527-544 Pilsbry, H. A. (1895-1896). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 10: American Bulimi and Bulimuli. Streptocheilus, Plekocheilus, Auris, Bulimulus. pp i-iv, 1-213, pls 1-51. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences Breure, A. S. H. (1975). Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae II. Plekocheilus and Naesiotus. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: no. 152. 71-93, pls. 6-8. Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the "Comisión Científica del Pacífico.". PeerJ. 5, e3065