Opisthosiphon
Encyclopedia
Opisthosiphon is a genus
of land snail
s with an operculum
, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae
Pomatiidae
The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae....
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Description
The genus Opisthosiphon has been described by American malacologist William Healey Dall in 1905. Dall's type description reads as follows:Species
Species within the genus Opisthosiphon include:- Opisthosiphon bahamense (Sh.) - type species, as Chondropoma bahamense Sh.
- Opisthosiphon aguilerianum (Arango, 1876)
- Opisthosiphon andrewsi Welch, 1929
- Opisthosiphon apertum Torre & Henderson, 1920
- Opisthosiphon bacillum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon banaoense Torre & Henderson, 1921
- Opisthosiphon bermudezi Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon berryi Clapp, 1919
- Opisthosiphon bioscai Torre & Henderson, 1920
- Opisthosiphon caguanense Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon caroli Aguayo, 1932
- Opisthosiphon claudens Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon cucullatum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon cunaguae Welch, 1929
- Opisthosiphon detectum Torre & Henderson, 1920
- Opisthosiphon deviatum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon echinatum (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Opisthosiphon evanidum Torre & Henderson, 1921
- Opisthosiphon greenfieldi Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon guanajaense Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon insularum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon judasense Torre & Henderson, 1920
- Opisthosiphon lamellosum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon litorale Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon manatiense Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon moreletianum (Petit, 1850)
- Opisthosiphon obtectum Torre & Henderson, 1920
- Opisthosiphon obturatum Torre & Henderson, 1920
- Opisthosiphon palmeri Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon paredonense Torre & Henderson, 1920
- Opisthosiphon plateroense Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon plicatum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon poeyi Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon prominulum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon protactum Torre & Henderson, 1920
- Opisthosiphon pupoides (Morelet, 1849)
- Opisthosiphon quesadai Aguayo, 1932
- Opisthosiphon quinti Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon sabinalense Sánchez Roig, 1949
- Opisthosiphon sainzi Aguayo, 1934
- Opisthosiphon salustii Torre & Henderson, 1920
- Opisthosiphon sanchezi Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon sculptum (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Opisthosiphon sosai Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon subobtectum Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opisthosiphon subobturatum Torre & Henderson, 1920
- Opisthosiphon tersum Torre & Henderson, 1921
- Opisthosiphon torrei Welch, 1929
- Opisthosiphon turiguanoense Torre & Bartsch, 1941
- Opistosiphon conicus Aguayo & Sánchez Roig, 1949