Granulomelon

Granulomelon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Helicoidei
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Granulomelon Iredale, 1933
Type species
Hadra grandituberculata Tate, 1894
Synonyms
Baccalena Iredale, 1937

Granulomelon is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Granulomelon include:

• Granulomelon adcockianum (Bednall, 1894)
• Granulomelon grandituberculatum (Tate, 1894)
• Granulomelon squamulosum (Tate, 1894)

Synonyms

• Granulomelon acerbum Solem, 1993: synonym of Granulomelon grandituberculatum (Tate, 1894)
• Granulomelon arcigerens (Tate, 1894): synonym of Granulomelon adcockianum (Bednall, 1894) (junior synonym)
• Granulomelon gilleni Solem, 1993: synonym of Granulomelon grandituberculatum (Tate, 1894)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Granulomelon Iredale, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818288 on 2022-01-31

External links

• Iredale, T. (1933). Systematic notes on Australian land shells. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(1): 37-59
• Iredale, T. (1937). An annotated check list of the land shells of south and central Australia. The South Australian Naturalist. 18(2): 6-59, pls 1-2
• Criscione F. & Köhler F. (2016). Snails in the desert: Assessing the mitochondrial and morphological diversity and the influence of aestivation behavior on lineage differentiation in the Australian endemic Granulomelon Iredale, 1933 (Stylommatophora: Camaenidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94: 101-112