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Opisthosiphon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pomatiidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Littorinoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Chondropoma, Abbottella, Pomatiidae, Cerion

Opisthosiphon is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.

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Description

The genus Opisthosiphon has been described by American malacologist William Healey Dall in 1905. Dall's type description reads as follows:

Species

Species within the genus Opisthosiphon include:

  • Opisthosiphon bahamense (Sh.) - type species, as Chondropoma bahamense Sh.
  • Opisthosiphon aguilerianum (Arango, 1876)
  • Opisthosiphon andrewsi Welch, 1929
  • Opisthosiphon apertum Torre & Henderson, 1920
  • Opisthosiphon bacillum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon banaoense Torre & Henderson, 1921
  • Opisthosiphon bermudezi Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon berryi Clapp, 1919
  • Opisthosiphon bioscai Torre & Henderson, 1920
  • Opisthosiphon caguanense Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon caroli Aguayo, 1932
  • Opisthosiphon claudens Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon cucullatum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon cunaguae Welch, 1929
  • Opisthosiphon detectum Torre & Henderson, 1920
  • Opisthosiphon deviatum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon echinatum (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857)
  • Opisthosiphon evanidum Torre & Henderson, 1921
  • Opisthosiphon greenfieldi Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon guanajaense Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon insularum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon judasense Torre & Henderson, 1920
  • Opisthosiphon lamellosum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon litorale Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon manatiense Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon moreletianum (Petit, 1850)
  • Opisthosiphon obtectum Torre & Henderson, 1920
  • Opisthosiphon obturatum Torre & Henderson, 1920
  • Opisthosiphon palmeri Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon paredonense Torre & Henderson, 1920
  • Opisthosiphon plateroense Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon plicatum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon poeyi Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon prominulum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon protactum Torre & Henderson, 1920
  • Opisthosiphon pupoides (Morelet, 1849)
  • Opisthosiphon quesadai Aguayo, 1932
  • Opisthosiphon quinti Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon sabinalense Sánchez Roig, 1949
  • Opisthosiphon sainzi Aguayo, 1934
  • Opisthosiphon salustii Torre & Henderson, 1920
  • Opisthosiphon sanchezi Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon sculptum (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857)
  • Opisthosiphon sosai Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon subobtectum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opisthosiphon subobturatum Torre & Henderson, 1920
  • Opisthosiphon tersum Torre & Henderson, 1921
  • Opisthosiphon torrei Welch, 1929
  • Opisthosiphon turiguanoense Torre & Bartsch, 1941
  • Opistosiphon conicus Aguayo & Sánchez Roig, 1949
  • References

    Opisthosiphon Wikipedia