Trachia

Trachia
Shell of Trachia limatulata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Camaeninae
Genus: Trachia
E. von Martens, 1860
Type species
Helix asperella L. Pfeiffer, 1846
Synonyms
  • Eurystoma Albers, 1850
  • Helix (Eurystoma) Albers, 1850
  • Helix (Trachia) E. von Martens, 1860
  • Planispira (Trachia) E. von Martens, 1860

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

These snails are found from Western Ghats of India, Sri Lanka,[2] Sabah and Singapore.[3][4]

Species

The following species are recognized.[5]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Trachia balansai (Morlet, 1886): synonym of Chloritis balansai (Morlet, 1886)
  • Trachia delibrata (Benson, 1836): synonym of Bouchetcamaena delibrata (Benson, 1836) (superseded combination, unaccepted combination )
  • Trachia durandi (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900): synonym of Chloritis durandi (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) (subsequent combination)
  • Trachia froggatti Ancey, 1898: synonym of Westraltrachia froggatti (Ancey, 1898) (original combination)
  • Trachia gabata (A. Gould, 1843): synonym of Chloritis gabata (A. Gould, 1843) (unaccepted combination )
  • Trachia marimberti (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900): synonym of Chloritis marimberti (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) (subsequent combination)
  • Trachia monogramma Ancey, 1898: synonym of Trachia froggatti Ancey, 1898: synonym of Westraltrachia froggatti (Ancey, 1898) (original combination)
  • Trachia nasuta (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908): synonym of Chloritis nasuta (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909) (subsequent combination)
  • Trachia norodomiana (Morlet, 1883): synonym of Trichochloritis norodomiana (Morlet, 1883) (subsequent combination)
  • Trachia orthocheila Ancey, 1898: synonym of Westraltrachia derbyi (Cox, 1892) (junior synonym)
  • Trachia penangensis Stoliczka, 1873: synonym of Trichochloritis penangensis (Stoliczka, 1873) (original combination)
  • Trachia pseudomiara (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908): synonym of Bellatrachia pseudomiara (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909) : synonym of Trichochloritis pseudomiara (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909)
  • Trachia vittata (Müller, 1774): synonym of Pseudotrachia vittata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted combination)

References

  1. ^ "Taxon details – Trachia E. von Martens, 1860". WoRMS. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Sri Lankan snail diversity". Sri Lanka Species Database. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ "A sighting of a rare snail, Trachia pudica from Singapore". Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ Vermeulen, J. J.; Liew, T. S.; Schilthuizen, M. (2015). "Additions to the knowledge of the land snails of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo), including 48 new species". ZooKeys (531). Zookeys. 2015 Nov 2;(531):1–139: 1–139. Bibcode:2015ZooK..531....1V. doi:10.3897/zookeys.531.6097. PMC 4668911. PMID 26692803.
  5. ^ "MolluscaBase taxon details - Eurychlamys Godwin-Austen, 1899". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017.
  • Schileyko, A. A. (2018). On the genus Trachia auct. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae). Ruthenica. 28(4): 169–174
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