Solaropsis

Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.[2] [3]

Solaropsis
Solaropsis pellisserpentis shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Sagdoidea
Family: Solaropsidae
Genus: Solaropsis
Beck, 1837[1]
Type species
Helix pellisserpentis Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • Helix (Ophiospila) Ancey, 1887
  • Helix (Psadara) K. Miller, 1878 (original rank)
  • Helix (Solaropsis) Beck, 1837 (original rank)
  • Olympus Simone, 2010
  • Ophiodermis Agassiz, 1846
  • Ophiospila Ancey, 1887
  • Psadara K. Miller, 1878
  • Solarium Lamarck, 1799
  • Solaropsis (Eupsadara) Pilsbry, 1926· accepted, alternate representation
  • Solaropsis (Heliopsis) Pilsbry, 1933· accepted, alternate representation
  • Solaropsis (Psadara) K. Miller, 1878· accepted, alternate representation
  • Solaropsis (Psadariella) Weyrauch, 1956· accepted, alternate representation
  • Solaropsis (Solaropsis) H. Beck, 1837· accepted, alternate representation

Distribution

Distribution of Solaropsis include:

Central America:

South America:

Species

Species within the genus Solaropsis include:

  • Solaropsis alcobacensis Salvador & Simone, 2015[6]
  • Solaropsis amazonica (Pfeiffer, 1854)[7]
  • Solaropsis andicola L. Pfeiffer[8]
  • Solaropsis anguicula (Hupé, 1853)[7]
  • Solaropsis angulifera F. Haas, 1955
  • Solaropsis anomala Pilsbry, 1957
  • Solaropsis bachi Ihering, 1900[7]
  • Solaropsis brasiliana (Deshayes, 1831)[8][7]
  • Solaropsis castelnaudii (Hupé & Deville, 1850)
  • Solaropsis catenifera L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
  • Solaropsis cearana (F. Baker, 1914)[8][7]
  • Solaropsis chicomendesi Cuezzo & I. Fernández, 2001
  • Solaropsis cicatricata Beck, 1837[7]
  • Solaropsis cousini Jousseaume, 1887
  • Solaropsis derbyi (Ihering, 1900)[7]
  • Solaropsis diplogonia (Dohrn, 1882)
  • Solaropsis elaps Dohrn, 1882[7]
  • Solaropsis fairchildi Bequaert & Clench, 1938[5][7]
  • Solaropsis feisthameli (Hupé, 1853)[7]
  • Solaropsis gibboni (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
  • Solaropsis heliaca (d’Orbigny, 1835)[7]
  • Solaropsis incarum (Philippi, 1869)
  • Solaropsis inornata Haas, 1951
  • Solaropsis johnsoni Pilsbry, 1933[7]
  • Solaropsis juruana (Ihering, 1905)
  • Solaropsis leopoldina (Strubel, 1895)[7]
  • Solaropsis marmatensis L. Pfeiffer[8]
  • Solaropsis monile (Broderip, 1832)
  • Solaropsis monolacca (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
  • Solaropsis nimbus (Simone, 2010)
  • Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831)
  • Solaropsis palizae Weyrauch, 1956[8]
  • Solaropsis pascalia (Cailliaud, 1857)[7]
  • Solaropsis pellisboae (Hupé, 1853)
  • Solaropsis pilsbryi Ihering, 1900 [7]
  • Solaropsis pizarro (Pilsbry, 1944)
  • Solaropsis planior (Pilsbry, 1889)
  • Solaropsis praestans L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
  • Solaropsis punctata (Wagner, 1827)
  • Solaropsis rosarium (Pfeiffer, 1849)[7]
  • Solaropsis rugifera Dohrn, 1882[7]
  • Solaropsis selenostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
  • Solaropsis serpens (Spix, 1827)[7]
  • Solaropsis tiloriensis (Angas, 1879)[4]
  • Solaropsis trigonostoma Haas, 1934[7]
  • Solaropsis undata (Lightfoot, 1786)[8][7]
  • Solaropsis undata F. Haas, 1966 (homonymy: a secondary junior homonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786). There is no recognized synonym or substitute name available, and a replacement name may be necessary if the species is confirmed to be valid).
  • Solaropsis venezuelensis Preston, 1909
  • Solaropsis vipera (Pfeiffer, 1859)[7]
Species brought into synonymy
  • Solaropsis catenulata (Ancey, 1890): synonym of Solaropsis marmatensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • * Solaropsis kuhni L. Pfeiffer[8]: synonym of Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831)
  • Solaropsis paravicinii Ancey, 1897: synonym of Solaropsis heliaca (d'Orbigny, 1835)
  • Solaropsis pellisserpentis Chemnitz[8]: synonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786)

Ecology

Solaropsis lives in rain forests.[5]

Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.[5]

References
  1. Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 27.
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Solaropsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870601 on 2021-02-07
  4. Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.
  5. Oliveira L. E. (2010). "Carnivory in Solaropsis aff. fairchildi (Gastropoda, Solaropsidae)". Strombus 17(2): 12-13. abstract.
  6. Salvador, R.B.; Simone, L.R.L. (2015). "Taxonomical study on a sample of land snails from Alcobaça (Bahia, Brazil), with description of a new species". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A. Neue Serie 8: 1–7.
  7. (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Cuezzo M. G. (2002). "On Solaropsis Beck: New anatomical data and its systematic position within Helicoidea (Pulmonata, Stylomatophora)". Papeis avulsos de Zool., São Paulo 42(3): 31-46.
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