Nicida is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.[1] These snails are restricted to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.
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| Genus: | Nicida W.T. Blanford, 1868
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Three species are recognized.[2]
Species
edit- Nicida anamallayana (Beddome, 1875)
- Nicida catathymia (Sykes, 1898)
- Nicida ceylanica (Beddome, 1875)
- Nicida delectabilis (Preston, 1905)
- Nicida fairbanki (Blanford, 1868)
- Nicida kingiana (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861)
- Nicida lankaensis (Preston, 1905)
- Nicida liricincta (Blanford, 1868)
- Nicida nilgirica (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1860)
- Nicida nitidula (Blanford, 1868)
- Nicida pedronis (Beddome, 1875)
- Nicida prestoni (Sykes, 1897)
- Nicida pulneyana (Blanford, 1868)
- Nicida subovata (Beddome, 1875)
References
edit- ^ "Taxon details - Nicida W.T. Blanford, 1868". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B. (2006). The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research, and Conservation. ISBN 9789558177518. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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