Chrysallis (gastropod)

Chrysallis is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicostylinae of the family Camaenidae.[1]

Chrysallis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Helicostylinae
Genus: Chrysallis
Albers, 1850
Type species
Bulinus chrysalidiformis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Synonyms
  • Bulimus (Chrysallis) Albers, 1850 (original rank)
  • Chrysalis auct. (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Cochlostyla (Chrysalis) Albers, 1850 (unjustified emendation of original subgenus name, Chrysallis Albers, 1850)
  • Cochlostyla (Chrysallis) Albers, 1850
  • Helicostyla (Chrysallis) Albers, 1850 (unaccepted generic combination)

Species edit

Species brought into synonymy
  • Chrysallis antoni (C. Semper, 1877) accepted as Chrysallis antonii (C. Semper, 1877) (misspelling of species name)

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chrysallis Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995833 on 2021-02-03
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

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