Riebeckia is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coeliaxinae of the family Achatinidae.[1]

Riebeckia
Shell of Riebeckia sokotorana (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Riebeckia
E. von Martens, 1883
Type species
Achatina sokotorana E. von Martens, 1881
Synonyms[1]

Stenogyra (Riebeckia) E. von Martens, 1883 ·

Species

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Synonyms
  • Riebeckia lavranosi Salvat, 1969: synonym of Riebeckia sokotorana (E. von Martens, 1881) (junior synonym)
  • Riebeckia sordida Neubert, 2002: synonym of Balfouria sordida (Neubert, 2002) (original name)

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Riebeckia E. von Martens, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995644 on 2022-04-11
  • Martens, E. von (1883). III. Mollusken von Sokotra. Conchologische Mittheilungen, 2 (3/4): 140–152, pl. 28, 29.
  • Salvat, B., 1969. Mollusques terrestres de Socotra et d'Abd-el-Kuri (Océan Indien). Récoltes de M. Lavranos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 41(3): 743–754, sér. 2ème série, part. Zoologie
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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