Drymaeus is a large genus of medium-sized air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Peltellinae of the family Bulimulidae.[3][4]

Drymaeus
Drymaeus multilineatus hanging on a tree branch.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Drymaeus
Albers, 1850[1]
Type species
Helix hygrohylaea d'Orbigny, 1835
Diversity[2]
more than 750 species names
Synonyms[3]
  • Antidrymaeus Germain, 1907
  • Buliminus (Mesembrinus) Albers, 1850
  • Bulimulus (Drymaeus) Albers, 1850
  • Bulimulus (Liostracus)
  • Bulimulus (Mesembrinus) Albers, 1850 (superseded combination)
  • Bulimus (Drymaeus) Albers, 1850 (original rank)
  • Bulimus (Liostracus)
  • Bulimus (Mesembrinus) Albers, 1850 (original combination)
  • Bulimus (Semiclausaria) L. Pfeiffer, 1856 (junior synonym)
  • Diaphanomormus Weyrauch, 1964
  • Drymaeus (Antidrymaeus)
  • Drymaeus (Drymaeus) Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation
  • Drymaeus (Leptodrymaeus)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation
  • Drymaeus (Metadrymaeus) Pilsbry, 1926· accepted, alternate representation
  • Drymaeus (Ornatimormus) Weyrauch, 1958· accepted, alternate representation
  • Drymaeus (Orodrymaeus) Pilsbry, 1926· accepted, alternate representation
  • Goniognathmus Crosse & P. Fischer, 1875
  • Hamadryas Albers, 1850
  • Leptodrymaeus Pilsbry, 1946
  • Leptomormus Weyrauch, 1958
  • Mesembrinus Albers, 1850
  • Mesembrinus (Ornatimormus) Weyrauch, 1958
  • Mormus E. von Martens, 1860
  • Otostomus (Drymaeus) Albers, 1850
  • Semiclausaria L. Pfeiffer, 1856 (junior synonym)
Drymaeus dombeyanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) - specimen at MNHN, Paris

Distribution

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Distribution of genus Drymaeus include South and Central America. For example in Mexico live about 65 species of Drymaeus.[2]

Species

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There are two subgenera: Drymaeus sensus stricto and subgenus Mesembrinus. They are accepted as alternate representations.

Species within the genus Drymaeus include:

Synonyms

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Previous species

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These species were previously in Drymaeus and moved to Antidrymaeus:[10]

References

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  1. ^ (in German) Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers: 1-262. Berlin. Drymaeus is on the page 155. Mesembrinus is on the page 157.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA" Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. "PART 3 PART 3 (ORTHALICOIDEA)". accessed 17 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Drymaeus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=879692 on 2020-10-26
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141(1): 1-20. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
  5. ^ a b c d Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM Archived 2018-09-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ Salvador, R.B.; Cavallari, D.C.; Simone, L.R.L. (2015). "Taxonomical study on a sample of land snails from southeastern Tocantins State, Brazil, with description of a new species". Journal of Conchology. 42 (1): 67–78.
  7. ^ "Mollusca" Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  8. ^ Salvador R. B. & Simone L. R. L. (2016). "A new species of Kora from Bahia, Brazil (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea), with an emended diagnosis of the genus". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A 9: 1–7. doi:10.18476/sbna.v9.a1.
  9. ^ 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
  10. ^ Salvador, Rodrigo B.; Silva, Fernanda S.; Cavallari, Daniel C.; Köhler, Frank; Slapcinsky, John; Breure, Abraham S. H. (2023-07-26). "Molecular phylogeny of the Orthalicoidea land snails: Further support and surprises". PLOS ONE. 18 (7): e0288533. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1888533S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0288533. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 10370776. PMID 37494326.
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