Solaropsis
Genus of gastropods
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Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.[2][3]
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| Solaropsis | |
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| Shell of Solaropsis pellisboae (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Sagdoidea |
| Family: | Solaropsidae |
| Genus: | Solaropsis Beck, 1837[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix pellisserpentis Gmelin, 1791 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Distribution
Species
Species within the genus Solaropsis include:
- Solaropsis alcobacensis Salvador & Simone, 2015[6]
- Solaropsis amazonica (Pfeiffer, 1854)[7]
- Solaropsis andicola L. Pfeiffer[8]
- Solaropsis anguicula (Hupé, 1853)[7]
- Solaropsis angulifera F. Haas, 1955
- Solaropsis anomala Pilsbry, 1957
- Solaropsis bachi Ihering, 1900[7]
- Solaropsis brasiliana (Deshayes, 1831)[8][7]
- Solaropsis caperata F. S. Silva, Mendes-Júnior & Simone, 2022
- Solaropsis castelnaudii (Hupé & Deville, 1850)
- Solaropsis catenifera L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
- Solaropsis cearana (F. Baker, 1914)[8][7]
- Solaropsis chicomendesi Cuezzo & I. Fernández, 2001
- Solaropsis cicatricata Beck, 1837[7]
- Solaropsis cousini Jousseaume, 1887
- Solaropsis derbyi (Ihering, 1900)[7]
- Solaropsis diplogonia (Dohrn, 1882)
- Solaropsis elaps Dohrn, 1882[7]
- Solaropsis fairchildi Bequaert & Clench, 1938[5][7]
- Solaropsis feisthameli (Hupé, 1853)[7]
- Solaropsis gibboni (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Solaropsis heliaca (d’Orbigny, 1835)[7]
- Solaropsis incarum (Philippi, 1869)
- Solaropsis inornata Haas, 1951
- Solaropsis johnsoni Pilsbry, 1933[7]
- Solaropsis juruana (Ihering, 1905)
- Solaropsis leopoldina (Strubel, 1895)[7]
- Solaropsis marmatensis L. Pfeiffer[8]
- Solaropsis monile (Broderip, 1832)
- Solaropsis monolacca (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Solaropsis nimbus (Simone, 2010)
- Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831)
- Solaropsis palizae Weyrauch, 1956[8]
- Solaropsis pascalia (Cailliaud, 1857)[7]
- Solaropsis pellisboae (Hupé, 1853)
- Solaropsis penthesileae Salvador, 2021
- Solaropsis pilsbryi Ihering, 1900 [7]
- Solaropsis pizarro (Pilsbry, 1944)
- Solaropsis planior (Pilsbry, 1889)
- Solaropsis praestans L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
- Solaropsis punctata (Wagner, 1827)
- Solaropsis rosarium (Pfeiffer, 1849)[7]
- Solaropsis rugifera Dohrn, 1882[7]
- Solaropsis selenostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
- Solaropsis serpens (Spix, 1827)[7]
- Solaropsis tiloriensis (Angas, 1879)[4]
- Solaropsis trigonostoma Haas, 1934[7]
- Solaropsis undata (Lightfoot, 1786)[8][7]
- Solaropsis undata F. Haas, 1966 (homonymy: a secondary junior homonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786). There is no recognized synonym or substitute name available, and a replacement name may be necessary if the species is confirmed to be valid).
- Solaropsis venezuelensis Preston, 1909
- Solaropsis vipera (Pfeiffer, 1859)[7]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Solaropsis catenulata (Ancey, 1890): synonym of Solaropsis marmatensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
- * Solaropsis kuhni L. Pfeiffer:[8] synonym of Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831)
- Solaropsis paravicinii Ancey, 1897: synonym of Solaropsis heliaca (d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Solaropsis pellisserpentis Chemnitz:[8] synonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Ecology
Solaropsis lives in rain forests.[5]
Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.[5]
