Pleuropoma is a genus of land snails with an operculum. It is a genus of terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicininae of the family Helicinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleuropoma Möllendorff, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818485 on 2022-01-30
Characteristics (Original description in Latin) The shell is small and features an obtuse keel. The peristome is slightly expanded and possesses an internal lip. The operculum is calcareous and is furnished on its interior surface with a transverse, slightly elevated lamella that is divided into two branches. Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1893). Materialien zur Fauna der Philippinen. XI. Die Insel Leyte. Bericht der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 1892/1893: 51-154
Species Pleuropoma albescens (Hartman, 1890) Pleuropoma andamanica (Benson, 1860) Pleuropoma arakanensis (W. T. Blanford, 1865) Pleuropoma articulata (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) Pleuropoma brecanrio Stanisic, 2010 Pleuropoma dichroa (Möllendorff, 1890) Pleuropoma draytonensis (Pfeiffer, 1857) Pleuropoma dunkeri (Zelebor, 1867) Pleuropoma extincta (Odhner, 1917) Pleuropoma falcistoma van Benthem Jutting, 1963 Pleuropoma gilvum van Benthem Jutting, 1963 Pleuropoma gladstonensis (Cox, 1864) Pleuropoma gouldiana (E. Forbes, 1852) Pleuropoma jana (Cox, 1872) Pleuropoma macleayi (Brazier, 1876) Pleuropoma mariae A. J. Wagner, 1911 Pleuropoma nicobarica (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) Pleuropoma nonouensis Neal, 1934 Pleuropoma pelewensis (Sykes, 1901) Pleuropoma queenslandica Stanisic, 2010 Pleuropoma raiatensis (Garrett, 1884) Pleuropoma reflexilabiata Stanisic, 2010 Pleuropoma richardson Stanisic, 2010 Pleuropoma rogersi (Bourne, 1911) Pleuropoma rotella (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) Pleuropoma scrupula (Benson, 1863) Pleuropoma simulans (Garrett, 1884) Pleuropoma sophiae (Brazier, 1876) Pleuropoma spatei Stanisic, 2010 Pleuropoma sphaeridium (Möllendorff, 1896) Pleuropoma sphaeroconus (Möllendorff, 1895) Pleuropoma subrufa (Garrett, 1884) Pleuropoma taeniata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Pleuropoma talusata Stanisic, 2010 Pleuropoma varians (Sykes, 1903) Pleuropoma vicina A. J. Wagner, 1911 Pleuropoma walkeri (E. A. Smith, 1894)
Synonyms Pleuropoma aruana (L. Pfeiffer, 1859): synonym of Aphanoconia aruana (L. Pfeiffer, 1859) Pleuropoma calamianica (Möllendorff, 1898): synonym of Aphanoconia trichroa calamianica (Möllendorff, 1898) (chresonym) Pleuropoma chichijimanum Kuroda, 1956: synonym of Ogasawarana chichijimana (Kuroda, 1956) (original combination) Pleuropoma laciniosa (Mighels, 1845): synonym of Sturanya laciniosa (Mighels, 1945) Pleuropoma maugeriae (Gray, 1824): synonym of Orobophana maugeriae (Gray, 1824) (new combination) Pleuropoma mediana (Gassies, 1870): synonym of Sturanya mediana (Gassies, 1870) Pleuropoma metamorpha Kuroda, 1956: synonym of Ogasawarana metamorpha (Kuroda, 1956) (original combination) Pleuropoma primeana (Gassies, 1863): synonym of Sturanya sphaeroidea (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) (synonym) Pleuropoma subsculpta Neal, 1934: synonym of Sturanya subsculpta (Neal, 1934) (new combination) Pleuropoma sublaevigata (L. Pfeiffer, 1852): synonym of Sturanya sublaevigata (L. Pfeiffer, 1852) Pleuropoma togatula (Morelet, 1857): synonym of Sturanya macgillivrayi (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) (junior synonym) Pleuropoma yorkensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1863) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
References
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