Massylaea
Genus of gastropods
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Massylaea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[1]
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| Massylaea | |
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| Shell of Massylaea massylaea (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Helicinae |
| Tribe: | Thebini |
| Genus: | Massylaea Möllendorff, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Helix massylaea Morelet, 1851 | |
It contains the following species:
- Massylaea massylaea (Morelet, 1851)
- Massylaea punica (Morelet, 1851)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Massylaea bisseyana Pallary, 1933: synonym of Loxana rerayana (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)
- Massylaea bournazeliana Pallary, 1933: synonym of Loxana lechatelieri (Pallary, 1917) (original combination)
- Massylaea constantina (E. Forbes, 1838): synonym of Eobania constantina (E. Forbes, 1838)
- Massylaea derbesi Pallary, 1933: synonym of Loxana rerayana (Mousson, 1873) (original combination)
- Massylaea rerayana (Mousson, 1873): synonym of Loxana rerayana (Mousson, 1873) (superseded generic combination)
- Massylaea severinae Pallary, 1918: synonym of Loxana severinae (Pallary, 1918)
- Massylaea vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
