Vallonia is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae.[2]

Vallonia
A live individual of Vallonia pulchella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Valloniidae
Genus: Vallonia
Risso, 1826[1]
Type species
Vallonia rosalia Risso, 1826
Synonyms
  • Amplexis T. Brown, 1827
  • Circinaria H. Beck, 1837
  • Discus (Nanopatula) Pfeffer, 1930
  • Helix (Circinaria) Beck, 1837 (junior synonym)
  • Helix (Glaphyra) Albers, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Glaphyra Newman, 1840 [Coleoptera])
  • Helix (Pulchelliana) Caziot, 1910 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Circinaria Beck, 1837)
  • Helix (Vallonia) Risso, 1826
  • Helix (Zurama) W. Turton, 1831 ·
  • Nanopatula Pfeffer, 1930
  • Vallonia (Nanopatula) Pfeffer, 1930 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Vallonia (Planivallonia) Schileyko, 1984 (junior synonym)
  • Vallonia (Vallonia) Risso, 1826
  • Zurama W. Turton, 1831 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Circinaria Beck, 1837)
A shell of Vallonia pulchella

Vallonia is the type genus of the family Valloniidae.

Species

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Species in the genus Vallonia include:[3][4]

Synonyms
  • Vallonia allamanica Geyer, 1908:[5] synonym of Vallonia suevica Geyer, 1908 (junior synonym)
  • Vallonia albula Sterki, 1893: synonym of Vallonia gracilicosta Reinhardt, 1883
  • Vallonia americana Ancey, 1893: synonym of Vallonia parvula Sterki, 1893 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Vallonia astoma O. Boettger, 1909: synonym of Gittenbergia sororcula (Benoit, 1859) (junior synonym)
  • Vallonia costataeformis Jooss, 1912: synonym of Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Vallonia jurassica Geyer, 1908: synonym of Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Vallonia ladakensis (G. Nevill, 1878): synonym of Vallonia ladacensis (G. Nevill, 1878) (unjustified emendation of Vallonia ladacensis (Nevill, 1878))
  • Vallonia miserrima Gude, 1907: synonym of Vallonia ladacensis (G. Nevill, 1878) (junior synonym)
  • Vallonia miserrina Gude, 1907: synonym of Vallonia miserrima Gude, 1907: synonym of Vallonia ladacensis (G. Nevill, 1878) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Vallonia moguntiaca Wenz, 1915: synonym of † Vallonia lepida (Reuss, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  • Vallonia rosalia Risso, 1826: synonym of Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Vallonia sonorana Pilsbry, 1915: synonym of Vallonia gracilicosta Reinhardt, 1883
  • Vallonia subpulchella (F. Sandberger, 1872): synonym of † Vallonia lepida (Reuss, 1849) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Vallonia tenera (Reinhardt, 1877): synonym of Vallonia pulchellula (Heude, 1882) (junior synonym)

References

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  1. ^ Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. pp. [1-3], j-vij [= 1-7], 1-439, pl. [1-12]. Paris. (Levrault).
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593140 on 2023-01-21
  3. ^ Forsyth R. G. Terrestrial Gastropods of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia. Family Valloniidae. Accessed 25 April 2009.
  4. ^ Coppolino M. L. (2009). Land Snails of Southern Illinois. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA. Last updated 31 January 2009, accessed 25 April 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Gerber, Jochen (1996). Revision der Gattung Vallonia Risso 1826 (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Valloniidae). Vol. Issue 8. Cornell University: Christa Hemmen. ISBN 9783925919220. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help); |work= ignored (help)
  6. ^ a b c d e (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
  7. ^ a b Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico): Monographs of The Acad. of Natural Sciences of Phila., No. 3, Vol. II, Part 2. Philadelphia, Pa: Academy of Natural Sciences. 1948. ISBN 1-4223-1778-1.
  8. ^ Metcalf, Artie L. (23 March 1984). "Distribution of Land Snails of the San Andres and Organ Mountains, Southern New Mexico". The Southwestern Naturalist. 29 (1): 35–44. doi:10.2307/3670767. JSTOR 3670767.
  • Schileyko, A. A. (1984). Nazemnye molljuski podotrjada Pupillina fauny SSSR (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Geophila). In:. Fauna SSSR, Molljuski. III, 3
  • Pfeffer, G. (1930). Zur Kenntnis tertiärer Landschnecken. Geologisch-Paläontologische Abhandlungen, neue Folge. 17(3): 153-380, pl. 15-17.
  • 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

Further reading

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  • (in German) Gerber J. (1996). "Revision der Gattung Vallonia Risso, 1826 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Valloniidae)". Schriften zur Malakozoologie 8: 1-227.
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