Oxychilus
Encyclopedia
Oxychilus is a genus
of small air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropods in the family Oxychilidae
, the glass snails.
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 small air-breathing 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, 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...
pulmonate gastropods in the family Oxychilidae
Oxychilidae
Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.- Distribution :...
, the glass snails.
Species
There are more than 100 (at least 107 including synonyms) species in the genus Oxychilus. Species in the genus Oxychilus include:- Oxychilus agostinhoiOxychilus agostinhoiOxychilus agostinhoi is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. This species is endemic to Portugal.-References:...
Martins, 1981 - Oxychilus albuferensisOxychilus albuferensisOxychilus albuferensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails....
Altaba, 2007 - Oxychilus alliariusOxychilus alliariusOxychilus alliarius, common name the "garlic snail" or "garlic glass-snail", is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails....
(Miller, 1822) - Oxychilus amaltheaeOxychilus amaltheaeOxychilus amaltheae is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. This species is endemic to Greece....
Riedel & Subai, 1982 - Oxychilus basajaunaOxychilus basajaunaOxychilus basajauna is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae. This species is endemic to Spain.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
Atlonaga, 1990 - Oxychilus beckmanni Falkner, 2007
- Oxychilus cellariusOxychilus cellariusOxychilus cellarius is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.-Distribution and conservation status:...
(O. F. Müller, 1774) - Oxychilus depressusOxychilus depressusOxychilus depressus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae....
(Sterki, 1880) - Oxychilus draparnaudiOxychilus draparnaudiOxychilus draparnaudi is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.-Shell description:...
(Beck, 1837) - Oxychilus glaberOxychilus glaberOxychilus glaber is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in:* Czech Republic...
(Rossmässler, 1835) - Oxychilus inopinatusOxychilus inopinatusOxychilus inopinatus is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.-Distribution and conservation status:It is not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated ....
(Uličný, 1887) - Oxychilus lentiformisOxychilus lentiformisOxychilus lentiformis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails....
(Kobelt, 1882) - Oxychilus lineolatusOxychilus lineolatusOxychilus lineolatus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. This species is endemic to the Azores.-References:...
Martins & Ripken, 1991 - Oxychilus mariensis Gittenberger, 2008
- Oxychilus mortilletiOxychilus mortilletiOxychilus mortilleti is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae.The specific name mortilleti is in honor of French scientist Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet ....
(PfeifferLudwig Karl Georg PfeifferLudwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, also known as Louis Pfeiffer was a German physician, botanist and conchologist.-Biography:He received his education in Kassel, and became professor of pathology there in 1828...
, 1859) - Oxychilus navarricusOxychilus navarricusOxychilus navarricus, before 2002 known as Oxychilus helveticus , is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.-Distribution:...
(Bourguignat, 1870) - formerly known as Oxychilus helveticus (Blum, 1881) - Oxychilus oglasicolaOxychilus oglasicolaOxychilus oglasicola is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.This species is endemic to Italy, and is threatened by habitat loss....
Giusti, 1968 - Oxychilus yartanicusOxychilus yartanicusOxychilus yartanicus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails....
Altaba, 2007 - and other species
External links
- Giusti F. & Manganelli G.: Redescription of two west European Oxychilus species: O. alliarius (Miller, 1822) and O. helveticus (Blum, 1881), and notes on the systematics of Oxychilus Fitzinger, 1833 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae). Journal of Conchology, May 2002 , Volume 37, Part: 5 Page: 455. (abstract)