Incerticyclus
Encyclopedia
Incerticyclus is a genus
of tropical land snail
s with gill
s and an operculum
, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks. They are a part of the informal group Architaenioglossa
, belonging to the clade
Caenogastropoda
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of tropical land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s with gill
Gill
A gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water, afterward excreting carbon dioxide. The gills of some species such as hermit crabs have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist...
s and an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
gastropod mollusks. They are a part of the informal group Architaenioglossa
Architaenioglossa
Architaenioglossa is a taxonomic group of snails which have gills and often an operculum. They are primarily land and freshwater gastropod mollusks within the clade Caenogastropoda....
, belonging to the clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...
Caenogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Caenogastropoda is a taxonomic clade of a large diverse group of mostly marine gastropods.Caenogastropoda contains a majority of the families of shelled marine molluscs including such families as the periwinkles, cowries, wentletraps, moon snails, and cone snails.About 60% of all living gastropods...
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
).
Species
Species within the genus Incerticyclus include:- Incerticyclus cinereusIncerticyclus cinereus†Incerticyclus cinereus was a species of tropical land snail with gills and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae.This species was endemic to Martinique. It is now extinct.-References:...
- Incerticyclus martinicensisIncerticyclus martinicensis†Incerticyclus martinicensis was a species of tropical land snail with gills and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae.This species was endemic to Martinique. It is now extinct.-References:...
- Incerticyclus perpallidus
- Incerticyclus prominulus