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Plectotropis

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| image_caption = A live specimen of Plectotropis mackenzii

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| taxon = Plectotropis

| authority = AE. von Martens, 1860

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  • Aegista (Plectotropis) E. von Martens, 1860
  • Eulota (Plectotropis) E. von Martens, 1860
  • Helix (Plectotropis) Martens, 1860
  • Helix (Thea) Albers, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Thea Mulsant, 1846 [Coleoptera]; Plectotropis is a replacement name)
  • Thea Albers, 1850 (invalid: junior homonym of Thea Mulsant, 1846 [Coleoptera]; Plectotropis is a replacement name)

| type_species = Helix pretiosa

| type_species_authority = Albers, 1850

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Plectotropis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Plectotropis E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995796 on 2020-05-08

==Nomenclature==

Plectotropis is a substitute name for Thea Albers, 1850, junior homonym of Thea Mulsant, 1846. Martens designated Helix elegantissima L. Pfeiffer, 1849 as type species, which was not originally included in Thea.

Species

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;Taxa inquerenda:

  • Plectotropis comata Sturany, 1899
  • Plectotropis delectabilis Ehrmann, 1900 (synonym: Aegista delectabilis (P. Ehrmann, 1900) )
  • Plectotropis scabricula (A. Adams, 1868)
  • Plectotropis setocincta (A. Adams, 1868)

;Synonyms:

  • Plectotropis oldhami (Benson, 1859): synonym of Aegista oldhami (Benson, 1859)

References

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  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983 Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp]
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11648540 Albers, J. C.; Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Zweite Ausgabe. I-XVIII, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman]

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Category:Camaenidae

Category:Gastropod genera