Chondropoma


Chondropoma is a genus of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropods in the subfamily Chondropomatinae of the family Annulariidae.

Chondropoma
firefly larva Alecton discoidalis is feeding on Chondropoma pictum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Annulariidae
Genus: Chondropoma
L. Pfeiffer, 1847[1]
Type species
Cyclostoma sagra
d'Orbigny, 1842
Diversity
at least 64 species (in this list)
Synonyms
  • Chondropoma (Chondropoma) L. Pfeiffer, 1847· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chondropoma (Chondrops) Bartsch, 1946· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chondropoma (Wetmorepoma) Bartsch, 1946· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chondropomisca de la Torre & Bartsch, 1938
  • Chondropomodes de la Torre & Bartsch, 1938
  • Cyclostoma (Chondropoma) L. Pfeiffer, 1847
  • Levipoma Bartsch, 1946

Distribution

Distribution of Chondropoma include Cuba,[2] Nicaragua,[3] the Dominican Republic ...

63 species of Chondropoma lives in Cuba.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Chondropoma include:

References

  1. Pfeiffer (1847). Z. Malakoz.: 124.
  2. "Mollusca" Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 20 March 2011.
  3. Perez A. M. (1996). Chondropoma callipeplum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  4. Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Psyche 2010, Article ID 149879, 5 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/149879.
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