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Dendrotrochus

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Dendrotrochus
Shell of Dendrotrochus cineraceus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Trochomorphidae
Genus: Dendrotrochus
Pilsbry, 1894
Type species
Helix helicinoides
L. Pfeiffer, 1849
Synonyms
  • Dendrotrochus (Dendrotrochus) Pilsbry, 1894· accepted, alternate representation
  • Dendrotrochus (Santotrochus) Solem, 1959· accepted, alternate representation
  • Papuina (Dendrotrochus) Pilsbry, 1894 (original rank)

Dendrotrochus is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae, the hive snails.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Dendrotrochus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Dendrotrochus labillardierei (E. A. Smith, 1884): synonym of Dendrotrochus helicinoides labillardierei (E. A. Smith, 1884)
  • Dendrotrochus ponapensis H. B. Baker, 1941: synonym of Ponapea ponapensis (H. B. Baker, 1941) (original combination)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Dendrotrochus Pilsbry, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995239 on 2020-10-18
  • Delsaerdt A., 2016 Land snails on the Solomon Islands. Vol. III. Trochomorphidae and systematical review of all other families. Ancona: L'Informatore Piceno. 160 pp
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