Pseudotachea

Pseudotachea
Shell of Pseudotachea liturata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific 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

• Pseudotachea liturata (L. Pfeiffer, 1851)
• Pseudotachea splendida (Draparnaud, 1801)

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

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.

External links

• Boettger, C.R. (1909). Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der europäischen Heliciden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 41(1): 1-19