Tropidophora

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Tropidophora
Shell of the species Tropidophora perinetensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Pomatiidae
Subfamily: Pomatiinae
Genus: Tropidophora
Troschel, 1847
Type species
Cyclostoma cuvieriana Petit de la Saussaye, 1841
Diversity[1]
95 specific names, unknown number of true biological species
Synonyms
  • Cyclostoma (Ligatella) E. von Martens, 1880
  • Cyclostoma (Tropidophora) Troschel, 1847
  • Cyclostomus (Tropidophora) Troschel, 1847
  • Ligatella E. von Martens, 1880
  • Tropidophora (Eutropidophora) Möllendorff, 1898· accepted, alternate representation
  • Tropidophora (Ligatella) E. von Martens, 1880
  • Tropidophora (Tropidophora) Troschel, 1847· accepted, alternate representation
  • Tropidophora (Virgotropidophora) Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965· accepted, alternate representation

Tropidophora is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.[2][3]

These large, split-sole snails are found in Tanzania,[2] Madagascar, the Mascarenes, the Comoros and South Africa.

95-99% of Tropidophora species are endemic to Madagascar.[4]

Species

The present classification of this genus into three subgenera, 95 species and 142 varieties is complex and confused. This classification is best ignored temporarily, as it is based on subtle morphological varieties among small samples. It is also assumed that many smaller species remain to be discovered.[1]

The following species are recognised in the genus Tropidophora:[5]

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