Rhysotina is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Rhysotininae of the family Urocyclidae.[1]
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| Shell of Rhysotina welwitschi (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Urocyclidae |
| Genus: | Rhysotina Ancey, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Helix welwitschi Morelet, 1866 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thomeonanina Germain, 1909 (objective synonym) | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Rhysotina include:
- Rhysotina hepatizon (Gould, 1845)
- Rhysotina sublaevis G. A. Holyoak & D. T. Holyoak, 2016
- Rhysotina welwitschi (Morelet, 1866)
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhysotina Ancey, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874856 on 2022-04-11
- Morelet, A., 1866. - --Coquilles nouvelles recueillies par le Dr. Fr. Welwitsch dans l'Afrique équatoriale et particulièrement dans les provinces d'Angola et de Benguela. Journal de Conchyliologie 14: 153-163
- Morelet A. ["1868"], 1867 Voyage du Dr Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du Gouvernement Portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguella (Afrique équinoxiale). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, p. 102 pp, 9 pls
- Holyoak D.T. & Holyoak G.A. (2016). Revision of Rhysotina (Gastropoda: Urocyclidae) land-snails endemic to the West African island of São Tomé. Journal of Conchology. 42(3): 59-72
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