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Ophicardelus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Ellobioidea

Subfamily
  
Carychiinae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Ellobiidae

Scientific name
  
Ophicardelus

Rank
  
Genus

Ophicardelus

Similar
  
Marinula, Salinator, Cassidula, Pythia, Ellobiidae

Ophicardelus is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails or salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ellobiidae.

Species

Species within the genus Ophicardelus include:

  • Ophicardelus costellaris H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 - New Zealand, Australia, synonym: Ophicardelus australis H. H. Beck, 1838
  • Ophicardelus ornatus (Férussac, 1821) - synonym: Ophicardelus ornata A. de Férussac, 1821 - Australia, (drawing)
  • Ophicardelus quoyi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 - synonyms: Ophicardelus irregularis Mousson, 1869; Ophicardelus minor Mousson, 1869 - Australia
  • Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 - Australia

    • Synonyms:

  • Ophicardelus layardi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 is a synonym of Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)

    • References

    Ophicardelus Wikipedia
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