Pyramidula (gastropod)
Pyramidula is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidulidae. Pyramidula is the type genus of the family Pyramidulidae. Species The type species in the genus Pyramidula is Pyramidula rupestris. Species in the genus Pyramidula include: Pyramidula cephalonica (Westerlund, 1898), Balkans Pyramidula chorismenostoma (Westerlund & Blanc, 1879), Balkans Pyramidula conica Pilsbry & Hirase, 1902, Japan Pyramidula euomphalus (Blanford, 1861), India Pyramidula gracilitesta van Benthem Jutting, 1959 Pyramidula halyi (Jousseaume, 1894), Sri Lanka Pyramidula humilis (Hutton, 1838), India Pyramidula jaenensis (Clessin, 1882), Iberian peninsula Pyramidula javana (Möllendorff, 1897) Pyramidula kobayashii Kuroda & Hukuda, 1944 Pyramidula kuznetsovi Schileyko & Balashov, 2012, Nepal Pyramidula micra Pilsbry, 1927 Pyramidula przevalskii Lindholm 1922, northwest China Pyramidula pusilla (Vallot, 1801), Europe and Asia Pyramidula rupestris (Draparnaud, 1801), Mediterranea and maybe south of Central Asia Pyramidula saxatilis (Hartmann, 1842) † Pyramidula shantungensis Yen, 1969 Synonyms Pyramidula alternata (Say, 1817): synonym of Anguispira alternata (Say, 1817) (unaccepted combination) † Pyramidula antonini (Michaud, 1862): synonym of † Acanthinula antonini (Michaud, 1862) Pyramidula asteriscus (Morse, 1857): synonym of Planogyra asteriscus (Morse, 1857) (unaccepted combination) Pyramidula cockerelli Pilsbry, 1898: synonym of Discus shimekii (Pilsbry, 1890) (junior synonym) Pyramidula elrodi Pilsbry, 1900: synonym of Oreohelix elrodi (Pilsbry, 1900) (original combination) Pyramidula laosensis Saurin, 1953: synonym of Krobylos laosensis (Saurin, 1953) (original combination) † Pyramidula lecontei Stearns, 1902: synonym of † Discus lecontei (Stearns, 1902) (new combination) Pyramidula mamillata Andreae, 1904 †: synonym of Pleurodiscoides mamillatus (Andreae, 1904) † (new combination) Pyramidula patagonica Suter, 1900: synonym of Radiodiscus patagonicus (Suter, 1900) Pyramidula pauper (A. Gould, 1859): synonym of Discus pauper (A. Gould, 1859) (unaccepted combination) Pyramidula perspectiva (Say, 1817): synonym of Discus patulus (Deshayes, 1832) (junior homonym of Helix perspectiva Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1816; synonym) Pyramidula picta G. H. Clapp, 1920: synonym of Anguispira picta (G. H. Clapp, 1920) † Pyramidula ralstonensis Cockerell, 1914: synonym of † Discus ralstonensis (Cockerell, 1914) (new combination) Pyramidula randolphii Dall, 1895: synonym of Punctum randolphii (Dall, 1895) (original combination) † Pyramidula recurrecta (Oppenheim, 1890): synonym of † Pfefferiola recurrecta (Oppenheim, 1890) Pyramidula striatella (J. G. Anthony, 1840): synonym of Discus whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864) (junior synonym) Pyramidula strigosa (A. Gould, 1846): synonym of Oreohelix strigosa (A. Gould, 1846) (unaccepted combination) † Pyramidula subteres (Clessin, 1877): synonym of † Lucilla subteres (Clessin, 1877) Pyramidula umbilicata (Montague, 1803), Iberian peninsula and British Isles: synonym of Pyramidula pusilla (Vallot, 1801) (junior subjective synonym) References Further reading Habe, T. (1956). Anatomical Studies on the Japanese Land Snails (7). Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 19(2): 109-117 Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae). Basteria 60: 71–78. External links Fitzinger, L.J. (1833). Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben. Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreichs's unter der Enns, 3: 88-122. Wien Pyramidula at AnimalBase Image of two live individuals in situ Gastropod genera Pyramidulidae