Kalidos is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicarioninae of the family Helicarionidae.[3][2]

Kalidos
Shell of Kalidos chastellii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Kalidos
Gude, 1911[1]
Type species
Helix (Nanina) cleamesi E. A. Smith, 1882
Synonyms[2]
  • Amphiblema Gude, 1911
  • Methuenia (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Methvenia Robson, 1914 (junior synonym)
  • Propebloyetia Germain, 1913

Description edit

(Original description) The depressed shell is conoid. It is finely striated, and decussated by fine or coarse spirals. The periphery is rounded or angular. The umbilicus is small.[4]

Distribution edit

This genus occurs in Madagascar.

Species edit

Species within the genus Kalidos include:

Species broughht into synonymy
  • Kalidos acutus Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Sitala acuta (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)
  • Kalidos culminis Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Sitala culminis (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)
  • Kalidos delphini Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974: synonym of Sitala delphini (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974) (original combination)
  • Kalidos elevatus Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Sitala elevata (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)
  • Kalidos huberi Thach, 2018: synonym of Kalidos chastellii (Deshayes in Férussac, 1832) (junior synonym)
  • Kalidos tenebricus Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975: synonym of Kalidos anceyianus Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966 (junior synonym)
  • Kalidos tulearensis Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Trochonanina tulearensis (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)

References edit

  1. ^ Gude G. P. L. K. (1911). Proc. malac. Soc. London 9: 273.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kalidos Gude, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996393 on 2021-04-10
  3. ^ a b c d Emberton K C., Slapcinsky J., Campbell C. A., Rakotondrazafy J. A., Andriamiarison T. N. & Emberton J. D. (2010). "Terrestrial mollusks of Andriantantely Massif, Eastern Madagascar, with descriptions of 36 new species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda; Pulmonata)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 139(1): 71-141. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/139/071-141
  4. ^ Gude, G. K. (1911). Note on some preoccupied generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 9(4): 269-273
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs "ARIOPHANTIDAE", Kalidos, accessed 13 September 2010.
  • Robson, G. C. (1914). On a collection of land and freshwater Gastropoda from Madagascar, with descriptions of new genera and new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 32: 375–389, pl. 35, figs. 1–6. London.
  • Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017