Sphyradium is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae within the superfamily Pupilloidea.[2]

Sphyradium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Orculidae
Genus: Sphyradium
Charpentier, 1837[1]
Type species
Bulimus doliolum Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[2]
  • Orcula (Sphyradium) Charpentier, 1837 (superseded combination)
  • Pupa (Sphyradium) Charpentier, 1837 (original rank)
  • Scyphus Cecconi, 1908 junior objective synonym

Species

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Species within the genus Sphyradium include:

Synonyms
  • Sphyradium alexanderi Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1906: synonym of Columella alexanderi (Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1906) (original combination)
  • Sphyradium dobrogicum Grossu, 1986: synonym of Sphyradium doliolum (Bruguière, 1792) (junior synonym)
  • Sphyradium hasta Hanna, 1911: synonym of Columella hasta (Hanna, 1911)
  • Sphyradium himalayanum (Benson, 1863): synonym of Truncatellina himalayana (Benson, 1863) (unaccepted combination)
  • Sphyradium parreyssii (L. Pfeiffer, 1848): synonym of Agardhiella parreyssii (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) (superseded combination)
  • Sphyradium sharpi Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1906: synonym of Columella sharpi (Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1906) (original combination)

References

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  1. ^ Charpentier J. de (1837). "Catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la Suisse. Formant la seconde partie de la faune Helvétique". Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften - Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles 1(2): 1–28, Tab. I-II [= 1–2]. Neuchatel. page 15. 22–23.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sphyradium Charpentier, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995307 on 19 June 2022
  • Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 1. Achatinellidae, Amastridae, Orculidae, Strobilopsidae, Spelaeodiscidae, Valloniidae, Cochlicopidae, Pupillidae, Chondrinidae, Pyramidellidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 1–127. Moskva
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates.
  • Gittenberger, E. (1978). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Pupillacea VIII. Einiges über Orculidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 163: 1–44, pl. 1–4. Leiden
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