Orpiella

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Orpiella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae.[1]

Phylum:Mollusca
Infraorder:Limacoidei
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Orpiella
Shell of Orpiella keppelli (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Trochomorphoidea
Family: Trochomorphidae
Genus: Orpiella
L. Pfeiffer & J. E. Gray, 1855
Type species
Helix (Nanina) scorpio Gould, 1846
Synonyms
  • Aulacopus Pfeffer, 1878
  • Eurypus C. Semper, 1870 (Invalid: junior homonym of Eurypus Kirby, 1819 [Coleoptera], Fretum Sykes, 1900 is a replacement name)
  • Fretum Sykes, 1900
  • Kalendyma Gude, 1911 (junior synonym)
  • Orpiella (Fijia) Gude, 1913· accepted, alternate representation
  • Orpiella (Halozonites) H. B. Baker, 1941· accepted, alternate representation
  • Orpiella (Kalendyma) Gude, 1911 (junior synonym)
  • Orpiella (Orpiella) L. Pfeiffer & J. E. Gray, 1855· accepted, alternate representation
  • Orpiella (Owaraha) H. B. Baker, 1941· accepted, alternate representation
  • Owaraha H. B. Baker, 1941
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Species

Species within the genus Orpiella include:

  • Orpiella artensis (Souverbie, 1859)
  • Orpiella compluviata (Cox, 1871)
  • Orpiella concava (Clapp, 1923)
  • Orpiella cookensis (Gude, 1905)
  • Orpiella desmazuresi (Crosse, 1872)
  • Orpiella fragillima (Mousson, 1870)
  • Orpiella keppelli (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Orpiella kuntzi Solem, 1960
  • Orpiella lepida (Gude, 1913)
  • Orpiella malaitaensis (Clapp, 1923)
  • Orpiella manni (Clapp, 1923)
  • Orpiella pamuaensis (Clapp, 1923)
  • Orpiella proxima H. B. Baker, 1941
  • Orpiella retardata (Cox, 1870)
  • Orpiella salomonis (Vanatta, 1930)
  • Orpiella schmeltziana (Garrett, 1887)
  • Orpiella scorpio (Gould, 1846)
  • Orpiella smithi (Clapp, 1923)
  • Orpiella solidiuscula (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Orpiella sororum (Clapp, 1923)
  • Orpiella tenella (Garrett, 1872)
  • Orpiella treasuryensis (Tryon, 1886)
  • Orpiella woodwardi (Godwin-Austen, 1903)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Orpiella casca (Gould, 1852): synonym of Orpiella scorpio (Gould, 1846) (junior synonym)
  • Orpiella godeffroyana (Garrett, 1872): synonym of Irenella godeffroyana (Garrett, 1872) (superseded combination)
  • Orpiella hoyti (Garrett, 1872): synonym of Irenella hoyti (Garrett, 1872) (superseded combination)
  • Orpiella macgillivrayi (Gude, 1913): synonym of Fijia macgillivrayi Gude, 1913 (superseded combination)
  • Orpiella nitidissima (E. A. Smith, 1885): synonym of Orpiella treasuryensis (Tryon, 1886) (junior secondary homonym replaced before 1961)
  • Orpiella nouleti (Le Guillou, 1842): synonym of Irenella nouleti (Le Guillou, 1842) (superseded combination)
  • Orpiella otarae (Garrett, 1872): synonym of Irenella otarae (Garrett, 1872) (superseded combination)
  • Orpiella pfeifferi (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Irenella pfeifferi (Philippi, 1845) (superseded combination)
  • Orpiella placita (Gude, 1913): synonym of Eufretum placita (Gude, 1913) (superseded combination)
  • Orpiella plicostriata (Mousson, 1870): synonym of Fijia plicostriata (Mousson, 1870) (superseded combination)
  • Orpiella ramsayi (Liardet, 1876): synonym of Eufretum ramsayi (Liardet, 1876) (superseded combination)
  • Orpiella sorora [sic]: synonym of Orpiella sororum (Clapp, 1923) (misspelling)

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