Plegma

Plegma is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.

Plegma
A live juvenile of Plegma caelatura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Helicarionoidea
Family:
Helicarionidae
Subfamily:
Helicarioninae
Genus:
Plegma

Gude, 1911[1]
Synonyms[2]

Ariocaelatura Germain, 1921[3] Coelatura L. Pfeiffer, 1877[4]

Species

Species within the genus Plegma include:

References
  1. Gude G. P. L. K. (1911). "FURTHER NOTE ON PREOCCUPIED MOLLUSCAN GENERIC NAMES AND A PROPOSED NEW GENUS OF THE FAMILY HELICIDÆ ". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9(6): 361–362, page 361. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a066367.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Plegma Gude, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996405 on 2018-09-14
  3. Germain (1921). Faune Malac. Terr. Fluv. Mascareignes, page 461.
  4. Pfeiffer L. (1877). Malakozoologische Blätter 24: page 8.
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