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Moricandia (gastropod)

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Moricandia
Shell of Moricandia dubiosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Odontostomidae
Genus: Moricandia
[Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
Synonyms

Odontostomus (Moricandia) Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898

Moricandia is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae.[1]

Species

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Species brought into synonymy
  • Moricandia parallela (L. Pfeiffer, 1857): synonym of Bahiensis occultus (Reeve, 1849) (junior synonym)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Moricandia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995345 on 2021-02-12
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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