Auriculinella

Auriculinella
a shell of Auriculinella bidentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Subfamily:	Ellobiinae
Genus:	Auriculinella Winckworth, 1949[1]
Synonyms[2]
Leuconia Gray, 1840 (Invalid: junior homonym of Leuconia Grant, 1833 [Porifera]; Leucopepla and Leucophytia are replacement names) Leucopepla Peile, 1926 (Replacement name for Leuconia Gray, 1840, non Grant, 1833; invalid: junior homonym of Leucopepla Kirkaldy, 1907) Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949 (Replacement name for Leuconia Gray, 1840, non Grant, 1833)

Auriculinella is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.^{[3] [2]}

This is a monotypic genus.

Species

The only species within the genus Leucophytia is:

• Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) - type species

References

1. Winckworth R. (1949). "A new name for Leuconia Gray". Journal of Conchology 23: 38. London.
2. Gofas, S. (2012). Auriculinella Tausch, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137923 on 2012-08-19
3. Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949. AnimalBase, accessed 16 May 2010.

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

External links

• Photo of live animal