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Allopeas

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| image_caption = Allopeas gracile

| taxon = Allopeas

| authority = H. B. Baker, 1935Baker H. B. (1935). "Jamaican land snails, 3." Nautilus 48(3): 84.

|type_species= Bulimus gracilis T. Hutton, 1834

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  • Lamellaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882Strebel, H., & Pfeffer G.J. (1882). Beitr. Mexik. Land- u. Süssw. Conch. 5: 109.
  • Lamellaxis (Allopeas) H. B. Baker, 1935(original combination)

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Allopeas, common name the "awl snails", is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.{{WRMS source|278821|Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.|10 January 2019}}

Species

The genus Allopeas includes the following species:

  • Allopeas acmella (Morelet, 1885)
  • † Allopeas agnolini Miquel, 2024
  • Allopeas brevispira (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)
  • Allopeas cavernicola (Annandale & Chopra, 1924)
  • Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) - spike awlsnail[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=567214 "Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez and Michaud, 1838)"]. ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.
  • Allopeas franzhuberi Thach, 2021
  • Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834) - graceful awlsnail[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=567215 "Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)"]. ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010. - type speciesNaggs F. (1992). "Tortaxis Pilsbry, 1906 and Allopeas Baker, 1935 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation by the designation of a neotype for Achatina erecta Benson, 1842". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: [https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofzoolog49inte#page/258/mode/2up 258]-260.
  • Allopeas hedeius (Mabille, 1887)
  • Allopeas heudei (Pilsbry, 1906)
  • Allopeas latebricola (Reeve, 1849)
  • Allopeas mariae (Jousseaume, 1894)
  • Allopeas micra (d'Orbigny, 1835)Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007185659/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 |date=2011-10-07 }}
  • Allopeas myrmekophilos R. Janssen, 2002{{cite journal |author1=Witte V. |author2=Janssen R. |author3=Eppenstein A. |author4=Maschwitz U. |year=2002 |title=Allopeas myrmekophilos (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), the first myrmecophilous mollusc living in colonies of the ponerine army ant Leptogenys distinguenda (Formicidae, Ponerinae) |journal=Insectes Sociaux |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=301–305 |doi=10.1007/PL00012646 }}
  • Allopeas prestoni (Sykes, 1898)
  • Allopeas pusillum (H. Adams, 1867)
  • Allopeas recisa (Morelet, 1885)
  • Allopeas satsumense (Pilsbry, 1906)
  • Allopeas subula (L. Pfeiffer, 1839)
  • Allopeas sykesi (Pilsbry, 1906)

;Synonyms:

  • Allopeas gracilis [sic]: synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  • Allopeas javanicum (Reeve, 1849): synonym of Paropeas achatinaceum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (junior synonym)
  • Allopeas layardi (W. H. Benson, 1863): synonym of Eutomopeas layardi (W. H. Benson, 1863) (unaccepted combination)
  • Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852) - Mauritian awlsnail:[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=567216 "Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852)"]. ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010. synonym of Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Allopeas oparanum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834)
  • Allopeas pyrgiscus (L. Pfeiffer, 1861): synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  • Allopeas pyrgula (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891): synonym of Opeas pyrgula Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891 (superseded combination)

References

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  • {{cite journal |last1=Baker |first1=H.B. |title=Jamaican land snails, 3. |journal=The Nautilus |date=1935 |volume=48 |issue=3 |page=84}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Bank |first1=R.A. |title=Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017 |date=2017}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. |title=Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi |date=1995 |publisher=Backhuys Publishers. |location=Leiden}}

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Category:Subulininae

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