Simpulopsis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Simpulopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995406 on 2021-02-08
Simpulopsis is the type genus of the tribe Simpulopsini and of the family Simpulopsidae.
Distribution The distribution of the genus Simpulopsis includes 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 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 . and Ecuador.Breure A. S. H. & Borrero F. J. (2008). "An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species. Zootaxa 1768: 1-40. abstract.
Species
Species within the genus Simpulopsis include:
subgenus Simpulopsis Beck, 1837 Simpulopsis atrovirens (Moricand, 1836) Simpulopsis brasiliensis (Moricand, 1846) Simpulopsis corrugata Guppy, 1866 Simpulopsis cumingi L. Pfeiffer, 1861 Simpulopsis decussata Pfeiffer, 1856 Simpulopsis miersi Pfeiffer, 1856 Simpulopsis ovata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822) Simpulopsis pseudosulculosa Breure, 1975 Simpulopsis rufovirens (Moricand, 1846) Simpulopsis sulculosa (Férussac, 1821) Simpulopsis tryoni Pilsbry, 1899 Simpulopsis wiebesi Breure, 1975
subgenus Eudioptus Albers, 1860 Simpulopsis araujoi (Breure, 1975) Simpulopsis boissieri (Moricand, 1846) Simpulopsis citrinovitrea (Moricand, 1836) - synonym: Simpulopsis fulguratus Miller, 1878 Simpulopsis ephippium Ancey, 1904Breure A. S. H. (2011). "Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with description of two new species". ZooKeys 101: 1-50. . Simpulopsis luteolus (Ancey, 1901) Simpulopsis progastor (d’Orbigny, 1835) Simpulopsis pseudosuccinea (Moricand, 1836)
No subgenus mentioned: Simpulopsis aenea L. Pfeiffer, 1861 Simpulopsis dominicensis L. Pfeiffer, 1858 Simpulopsis eudioptus (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897) Simpulopsis gomesae Silva & Thomé, 2006Agudo-Padrón A. I. (2009). "Recent Terrestrial and Freshwater Molluscs of Rio Grande do Sul State, RS, Southern Brazil Region: A Comprehensive Synthesis and Check List". Visaya (April 2009): 1-13. PDF . Simpulopsis limpida (Drouët, 1859) Simpulopsis magnus Thompson, 1957Thompson F. G. (1957). "A collection of mollusks from Northern Venezuela". Occacional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (591): 1-13. Simpulopsis membranacea Villa & Villa, 1841 Simpulopsis promatensis Silva & Thomé 2006 Simpulopsis simula (Morelet, 1851) Simpulopsis vincentina E. A. Smith, 1895 Synonyms Simpulopsis chiapensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856: synonym of Xanthonyx chiapensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) (original combination) Simpulopsis cordovana L. Pfeiffer, 1857: synonym of Xanthonyx cordovanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (original combination) Simpulopsis mastersi Brazier, 1872: synonym of Mystivagor mastersi (Brazier, 1872) (original combination) Simpulopsis portoricensis Shuttleworth, 1854: synonym of Platysuccinea portoricensis (Shuttleworth, 1854) (original combination) Simpulopsis salleana L. Pfeiffer, 1857: synonym of Xanthonyx salleanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (original combination)
References
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 Pfeiffer L. (1846) "Die Gattungen Daudebardia, Simpulopsis, Vitrina und Succinea. In: Küster H. C. et al. (eds.). Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, J. H. Casselis, 1(part. 11): 1-59, pls. 1–6.
External links
Albers, J. C.; Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman Beck, H. (1837). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 1-124. Hafniae Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219 Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065