Acusta

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Acusta
Acusta despecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Bradybaenini
Genus: Acusta
Albers, 1860[1]
Type species
Nanina ravida
Benson, 1842
Synonyms[2]
  • Eulota (Acusta) Martens, 1860 (unaccepted rank)
  • Helix (Acusta) Martens, 1860
  • Manchurohelix Taki, 1936
  • Nanina (Acusta) Albers, 1860

Acusta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Bradybaeninae of the family Camaenidae.[2]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Acusta include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Acusta frilleyi (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863): synonym of Acusta ravida frilleyi (Crosse & Debeaux, 1863) (unaccepted rank)
  • Acusta kikaiensis (Pilsbry, 1902): synonym of Acusta despecta kikaiensis (Pilsbry, 1902)
  • Acusta laeta (Gould, 1859): synonym of Ezohelix gainesi (Pilsbry, 1900) (junior synonym)
  • Acusta vagoina (Gredler, 1887) : synonym of Bradybaena vagoina (Gredler, 1887) (superseded combination)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Albers J. C. & Martens E von (1860). Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. page 56.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Acusta E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995803 on 2021-09-30
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
  • Thach N.N. , (2021) New shells of South Asia and Taiwan, China, Tanzania. Seashells*Freshwater*Land snails. With 116 new species and subspecies and rejected synonyms, accepted species, p. 202 pp

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