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Pseudotachea

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Pseudotachea
Shell of Pseudotachea liturata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Allognathini
Genus: Pseudotachea
C. R. Boettger, 1909
Type species
Helix splendida Draparnaud, 1801
Synonyms

Helix (Pseudotachea) C. R. Boettger, 1909

Pseudotachea is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae.[1]

Like many Helicidae, this genus of snails create and use love darts.

Species

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Species inquirendum
  • Pseudotachea torresi (Roman, 1907)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Pseudotachea cotteri (Roman, 1907) †: synonym of Megalotachea cotteri (Roman, 1907)
  • Pseudotachea ogerieni (Delafond & Depéret, 1893) †: synonym of Frechenia ogerieni (Delafond & Depéret, 1893)
  • Pseudotachea tersannensis (Locard, 1878) †: synonym of Megalotachea delphinensis (Fontannes, 1876) † (junior synonym)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudotachea C. R. Boettger, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996426 on 2021-02-10
  • Pfeffer, G. (1930). Zur Kenntnis tertiärer Landschnecken. Geologisch-Paläontologische Abhandlungen, neue Folge. 17(3): 153–380, pl. 15–17.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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