Rumina is a genus of medium-sized predatory land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[3]

Rumina
Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Subfamily: Rumininae
Genus: Rumina
Risso, 1826[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Bumina Mabille, 1897
  • Cylindrina Schlüter, 1838
  • Helix (Cochliclona) Jan, 1830 (junior synonym)
  • Orbitina Risso, 1826
  • Remina
  • Ruminia [sic] (misspelling)
  • Runina Ancey, 1887
  • Sira A. Schmidt, 1855
  • Stenogyra (Rumina) Risso, 1826 (superseded combination)

Rumina is the type genus of the subfamily Rumininae.[4]

Species edit

Species in the genus Rumina include:[2]

Synonyms
  • Rumina chion (L. Pfeiffer, 1857): synonym of Zootecus chion (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (superseded combination)
  • Rumina polygyrata (Reeve, 1849): synonym of Zootecus polygyratus (Reeve, 1849) (superseded combination)
  • Rumina pulla (J. E. Gray, 1834): synonym of Zootecus pullus (J. E. Gray, 1834) (superseded combination)
  • Rumina pusilla H. Adams, 1867: synonym of Obeliscus pusillus (H. Adams, 1867) (original combination)

References edit

  1. ^ Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. pp. [1-3], j-vij [= 1-7], 1-439, pl. [1-12]. Paris. (Levrault).
  2. ^ a b "Rumina". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  3. ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  4. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  5. ^ Mienis H. K. (2003). "A new colony of Rumina saharica discovered in Israel". Tentacle 11: 11-12.

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