Pseudelma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Gulellinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudelma Kobelt, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996768 on 2022-02-20
Distribution The distribution of the genus Pseudelma includes: Mayotte ComoresSutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. .
Species Species within the genus Pseudelma include: Pseudelma auribole Abdou, Muratov & Bouchet, 2008 Pseudelma auriculata (Morelet, 1881) Pseudelma aurititi Abdou, Muratov & Bouchet, 2008 Pseudelma bisexigua (F. Haas, 1951) Pseudelma incisa (Morelet, 1881) Pseudelma inconspicua (Morelet, 1881) Pseudelma martensiana (Morelet, 1881) Species brought into synonymy Pseudelma madagascariensis Fischer-Piette, F. Blanc & Vukadinovic, 1974: synonym of Elma messageri (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1904)
References
Abdou A., Muratov I.V. & Bouchet P. (2008). Streptaxid microcosm: the radiation of the endemic genus Pseudelma Kobelt 1904 (Gastropoda Pulmonata Streptaxidae) on Mayotte, Comores. Tropical Zoology. 21: 123-151
External links
Kobelt, W. (1904-1905). Die Raublungenschnecken (Agnatha). Erste Abtheilung: Rhytididae & Enneidae. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Ersten Bandes, zwölfte Abtheilung (B), erster Theil. (1) 12b (1, 490): 80-128, pls. 14-18 (1904); (1) 12b (1, 492): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1904); (1) 12b (1, 493): 193-232, pls. 25-30 (1904); (1) 12b (1, 495): 233-296, pls. 31-35, 33a (1904); (1) 12b (1, 497): 297-362, pls. 36-41 (1905). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe). Note: this is a continuation of "Agnatha Moerch. Die Raublungenschnecken" started by O.F. von Möllendorff (1903-1904) (see footnote on page 79) Haas F. (1951). Note on some streptaxids. The Nautilus. 64(4): 133-134