Cylindrus
Genus of gastropods
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Cylindrus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
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| Apertural view of a shell of Cylindrus obtusus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariantinae |
| Genus: | Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833[1] |
According to some authors, the name Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833 was homonymous with the cone snail genus Cylindrus Batsch, 1789, an alternate representation of Conus Linnaeus, 1758 and Cylindrus Deshayes, 1824 . The counter argument of others was, that these names have never been in use. As a result, an application to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) for the conservation of the name Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833.[2] was made. In January 2019 the ICZN decided to conserve the name Cylindrus Fitzinger, 1833.[3]
Species
The genus Cylindrus contains the following species:
