Omphalotropis is a genus of minute salt marsh snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Omphalotropidinae of the family Assimineidae.[2]

Omphalotropis
A pair of live Omphalotropis rubens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Omphalotropis
Pfeiffer, 1851[1]
Type species
Bulimus hieroglyphicus Potiez & Michaud, 1838
Synonyms
  • Hydrocena (Omphalotropis) L. Pfeiffer, 1851
  • Omphalotropis (Eurytropis) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898
  • Omphalotropis (Omphalotropis) L. Pfeiffer, 1851· accepted, alternate representation
  • Omphalotropis (Oriella) Thiele, 1927· accepted, alternate representation
  • Omphalotropis (Stenotropis) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898· accepted, alternate representation
  • Realia (Atropis) Pease, 1871 (Invalid: junior homonym of Atropis Glueckselig, 1851 [Reptilia] and Atropis Kirschbaum, 1867 [Hemiptera])
  • Realia (Omphalotropis) L. Pfeiffer, 1851 (superseded combination)
  • Realia (Scalinella) Pease, 1868
  • Scalinella Pease, 1868
  • Stenotropis Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898

Species edit

Species within the genus Omphalotropis include:

Taxon inquirendum
Synonyms
  • Omphalotropis albocarinata Mousson, 1873: synonym of Duritropis albocarinata (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)
  • Omphalotropis costulata Emberton & Pearce, 1999: synonym of Omphalotropis ilapiryensis Pearce & Paustian, 2013 (junior secondary homonym of Omphalotropis costulata (Mousson, 1870))
  • Omphalotropis laevigata Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894: synonym of Chalicopoma laevigatum Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894) (original name)
  • Omphalotropis semicostulata Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894: synonym of Chalicopoma semicostulatum (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894)) (original combination)
  • Omphalotropis suteri Sykes, 1900: synonym of Telmosena suteri (Sykes, 1900) (original combination)

References edit

  1. ^ Pfeiffer L. (1851). Z. Malak. 8: 176.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Omphalotropis L. Pfeiffer, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405035 on 2021-11-08
  • Thiele, J. (1927). Über die Schneckenfamilie Assimineidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 53: 113–146.

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