Ellobium

Ellobium
	apertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Ellobium; Röding, 1798
Type species
	Ellobium midae ; Röding, 1798;
Synonyms
	Alexia (Auricula) Lamarck, 1799; Auricula Lamarck, 1799; Auricula (Auricella) Möllendorff, 1898 (invalid: junior homonym of Auricella Jurine, 1817); Auriculina Kobelt, 1898 (invalid: junior homonym of Auriculina Grateloup, 1838; Auriculodes is a replacement name); Auriculodes Strand, 1928; Auriculus Montfort, 1810 (unjustified emendation of Auricula); Autonoe Guppy, 1868 (invalid: junior homonym of Autonoe Leach, 1852 [Bivalvia]; Autonoella Wenz, 1947, is a replacement name); Autonoella Wenz, 1947; Ellobium (Auriculodes) Strand, 1928; Ellobium (Ellobium) Röding, 1798; Geovula Swainson, 1840 (objective synonym of Ellobium);

Superfamily:Ellobioidea

Ellobium is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.^[2]

Ellobium is the type genus of the family Ellobiidae.^[3]

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Ellobium

apertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Ellobium Röding, 1798^[1]
Type species
Ellobium midae Röding, 1798
Synonyms^[2]
Alexia (Auricula) Lamarck, 1799 Auricula Lamarck, 1799 Auricula (Auricella) Möllendorff, 1898 (invalid: junior homonym of Auricella Jurine, 1817) Auriculina Kobelt, 1898 (invalid: junior homonym of Auriculina Grateloup, 1838; Auriculodes is a replacement name) Auriculodes Strand, 1928 Auriculus Montfort, 1810 (unjustified emendation of Auricula) Autonoe Guppy, 1868 (invalid: junior homonym of Autonoe Leach, 1852 [Bivalvia]; Autonoella Wenz, 1947, is a replacement name) Autonoella Wenz, 1947 Ellobium (Auriculodes) Strand, 1928 Ellobium (Ellobium) Röding, 1798 Geovula Swainson, 1840 (objective synonym of Ellobium)