Solaropsis
Encyclopedia
Solaropsis is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae
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Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.
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 air-breathing 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, 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...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae
Pleurodontidae
Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.This family is classified within the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata...
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Distribution
Distribution of Solaropsis include South America:- Costa Rica
- Colombia
- Bolivia
- Guyana
- Brazil
- northeastern Argentina
Species
Species within the genus Solaropsis include:- Solaropsis amazonica (Pfeiffer, 1854)
- Solaropsis andicola L. Pfeiffer
- Solaropsis anguicula (Hupé, 1853)
- Solaropsis bachi Ihering, 1900
- Solaropsis brasiliana (Deshayes, 1831)
- Solaropsis catenifera L. Pfeiffer
- Solaropsis cearana (F. Baker, 1914)
- Solaropsis cicatricata Beck, 1837
- Solaropsis derbyi (Ihering, 1900)
- Solaropsis elaps Dohrn, 1882
- Solaropsis fairchildi Bequaert & Clench, 1938
- Solaropsis feisthameli (Hupé, 1853)
- Solaropsis heliaca (d’Orbigny, 1835)
- Solaropsis johnsoni Pilsbry, 1933
- Solaropsis kuhni L. Pfeiffer
- Solaropsis leopoldina (Strubel, 1895)
- Solaropsis marmatensis L. Pfeiffer
- Solaropsis palizae Weyrauch
- Solaropsis pascalia (Cailliaud, 1857)
- Solaropsis pellis serpentis Chemnitz
- Solaropsis pilsbryi Ihering, 1900
- Solaropsis praestans L. Pfeiffer
- Solaropsis rosarium (Pfeiffer, 1849)
- Solaropsis rugifera Dohrn, 1882
- Solaropsis selenostoma L. Pfeiffer
- Solaropsis serpens (Spix, 1827)
- Solaropsis trigonostoma Haas, 1934
- Solaropsis undata (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Solaropsis vipera (Pfeiffer, 1859)
Ecology
Solaropsis lives in rain forests.Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.
External links
- Cuezzo M. G. (2002). "On Solaropsis Beck: New anatomical data and its systematic position within Helicoidea (Pulmonata, Stylomatophora)". Papeis avulsos de Zool., São Paulo 42(3): 31-46.