Laevaricella

Laevaricella is a genus of tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Oleacinidae.

Laevaricella
Laevaricella perlucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Testacelloidea
Family:
Oleacinidae
Subfamily:
Varicellinae
Genus:
Laevaricella

Diversity
6 species

Species

Species within the genus Laevaricella include:

  • Laevaricella glabra (Pfeiffer, 1846)[1]
  • Laevaricella guadeloupensis (Pfeiffer, 1856)[1]
  • Laevaricella interrupta (Shuttleworth, 1854)[1]
  • Laevaricella perlucens (Guppy, 1868)[2]
  • Laevaricella semitarum (Pfeiffer, 1842) - type species[1]
  • Laevaricella playa H. B. Baker, 1940[3] - photo

References
  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1907-1908). "Oleacinidae, Ferussacidae". Manual of Conchology (2)19: i-xxvii, 1-366, figs 1-3, pls. 1-52. page 123.
  2. Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. van der Schalie H. (1948). "The land and fresh-water mollusks of Puerto Rico". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 70: 134 pp., page 66. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56315 PDF.
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