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Cyclotus

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Cyclotus
Cyclotus variegatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Cyclophoridae
Genus: Cyclotus
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Cyclotus variegatus Swainson, 1840
Synonyms
  • Cyclostoma (Cyclotus) Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted rank)
  • Cyclotes Swainson, 1840 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Cyclotus (Aulacopoma) Möllendorff, 1897· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cyclotus (Cyclotus) Swainson, 1840· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cyclotus (Nakadaella) Ancey, 1904· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cyclotus (Procyclotus) P. Fischer, 1891· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cyclotus (Pseudocyclophorus) Möllendorff, 1890· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cyclotus (Siphonocyclus) Möllendorff, 1900· accepted, alternate representation
  • Tubicyclotus Habe, 1965 (junior synonym)

Cyclotus is a genus of tropical land snails in the subfamily Cyclophorinae of the family Cyclophoridae. [1]

Species

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Synonyms

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  • Cyclotus (Opisthoporus) Benson, 1851: synonym of Opisthoporus Benson, 1851
  • Cyclotus charmian Hutton, 1883: synonym of Gonatorhaphe fornicata (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
  • Cyclotus laevigatus F. Sandberger, 1870 †: synonym of Procyclotopsis laevigatus (F. Sandberger, 1870) † (new combination)
  • Cyclotus scalaris Miller, 1907 †: synonym of Pomatias (Neobembridgia) arneggensis Wenz, 1923 † represented as Pomatias arneggensis Wenz, 1923 † (junior secondary homonym of Cyclostoma scalare Pfeiffer, 1851, later placed in Cyclotus)
  • Cyclotus sieversi L. Pfeiffer, 1871: synonym of Caspicyclotus sieversi (L. Pfeiffer, 1871) (new combination)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cyclotus Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934777 on 2020-10-02
  • Habe, T. (1965). Operculated land molluscs from South-East Asia. In: Nature and life in southeast Asia, vol 4, Fauna and Flora Research Society, Kyoto, Japan. pp. 111-128, 2 plates.
  • Thach, N. N. (2018). New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies. 48HRBooks Company, Akron, Ohio, USA. 173 pp
  • Thach, N. N. (2021). New shells of South Asia and Taiwan, China, Tanzania. Seashells*Freshwater*Land snails. With 116 new species and subspecies and rejected synonyms, accepted species. 48HRBooks Company, Akron, Ohio, USA. 202 pp.
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  • Media related to Cyclotus at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Cyclotus". The Encyclopedia of Life.