Gymnarion is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Urocyclidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gymnarion Pilsbry, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996906 on 14 January 2021
Description (Original description) These helixarionid snails possess minute, remote right and left shell-lobes. The penis features a subterminal retractor muscle and an epiphallus, the latter lacking a flagellum or other appendages. A long, club-shaped dart sac (amatorial gland) is present. Pilsbry, H.A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 40: 1–370, pls I-XXIII
Species Species within the genus Gymnarion include: Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae (Pollonera, 1906) Gymnarion anchora E. Binder, 1971 Gymnarion apertus E. Binder, 1979 Gymnarion bequaerti E. Binder, 1979 Gymnarion cheranganiensis Connolly, 1925 Gymnarion chinegris E. Binder, 1979 Gymnarion chirindicus E. Binder, 1981 Gymnarion columna E. Binder, 1971 Gymnarion corneola (Morelet, 1867) Gymnarion coronatus E. Binder, 1976 Gymnarion ducae E. Binder, 1976 Gymnarion gomesiana (Morelet, 1867) Gymnarion grandis (H. Beck, 1838) Gymnarion grossans E. Binder, 1971 Gymnarion masukuensis (E. A. Smith, 1899) Gymnarion medjensis Pilsbry, 1919 Gymnarion membranaceus (Thiele, 1911) Gymnarion nyasanus (E.A. Smith, 1899) Gymnarion plicatulus (E. von Martens, 1876) Gymnarion scutum E. Binder, 1971 Gymnarion sigaretinus (Récluz, 1841) Gymnarion sowerbyanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1849) Gymnarion tanganyicae (E. von Martens, 1895) Gymnarion upembae E. Binder, 1979 Gymnarion vanmoli E. Binder, 1979 Gymnarion vumbae E. Binder, 1981 Gymnarion wittei E. Binder, 1979
Species brought into synonymy Gymnarion (Lacrimarion) lacrimosus Connolly, 1929 : synonym of Lacrimarion lacrimosus (Connolly, 1929) (superseded combination) Gymnarion aloysii-sabaudiae (Pollonera, 1906) : synonym of Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae (Pollonera, 1906) (incorrect original spelling) Gymnarion lacrimosus Connolly, 1929 : synonym of Lacrimarion lacrimosus (Connolly, 1929) (original combination)
References
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017
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