Euonyma

Euonyma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Achatinina
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Subfamily:	Subulininae
Genus:	Euonyma Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896[1]

Euonyma is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2]

Species

The genus Euonyma includes:

• Euonyma curtissima Verdcourt[3]
• Euonyma laeocochlis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896) - type species[4]

References

1. Melvill J. C. & Ponsonby J. H. (1896). "Descriptions of new Terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18: 314-318. Plate XVI. page 316.
2. Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
3. Tattersfield, P. (1996). "Euonyma curtissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T8264A12903608. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8264A12903608.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
4. Herbert D. (2006). "Rediscovery of the type species of Euonyma (Subulinidae) and observations on South African species of Gulella (Streptaxidae), with description of two new species (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata)". Journal of Natural History 40(17-18): 1063-1081. doi:10.1080/00222930600845218.