Thapsia (gastropod)
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| Shell of Thapsia troglodytes (syntype at MNHN? Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Urocyclidae |
| Genus: | Thapsia Albers, 1860[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix troglodytes Morelet, 1848
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Thapsia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon.
Description
[edit]Species attributed to the genus Thapsia sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn.
Species
[edit]Thapsia was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann Christian Albers as a subgenus of Nanina Gray, 1834, non Risso, 1826.[1]
This genus is a heterogeneous assemblage. Because the shell characters of this genus converge with those of the larger specimens of some closely related genera (Saphtia Winter, 2008,[3] Pseudosaphtia Winter, 2008[3] and Vanmolia Winter, 2008[3]), the delimitation of * To Thapsia s.l. is difficult. There very few papers that describe the anatomical features of this genus.
Thapsia contains the following species:
- Thapsia abyssinica (Jickeli, 1873)
- Thapsia aranea (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia bartaensis (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia buchholzi Bourguignat, 1885[3]
- Thapsia buraensis Verdcourt, 1982
- Thapsia cavernicola d'Ailly, 1910
- Thapsia cinnamomeozonata Pilsbry, 1919
- Thapsia columellaris'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)
- Thapsia consobrina (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia consueta (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia conuloidea Preston, 1911
- Thapsia curvatula E. von Martens, 1897
- Thapsia decepta E. A. Smith, 1899
- Thapsia densesculpta (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia depressior (E. A. Smith, 1890)
- Thapsia ebimimbangana Winter, 2008[3]
- Thapsia elgonensis (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia eminiana (E. A. Smith, 1890)
- Thapsia eremias (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896)
- Thapsia eucosmia Pilsbry, 1919
- Thapsia exasperata Preston, 1910
- Thapsia gereti Preston, 1910
- Thapsia glomus (E. von Martens, 1860)
- Thapsia grandis Verdcourt, 1982
- Thapsia hanningtoni (Smith, 1890)[4]
- Thapsia inclinans (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia indecorata (Gould, 1850)
- Thapsia inflata (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia innocens Preston, 1910
- Thapsia insimulans E. A. Smith, 1899
- Thapsia insulsa Preston, 1910
- Thapsia iridescens (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia kampalaensis (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia karamwegasensis Germain, 1923
- Thapsia kibonotoensis d'Ailly, 1910
- Thapsia kigeziensis (Preston, 1913)
- Thapsia lasti (E. A. Smith, 1890)
- Thapsia leroyi Grandidier, 1887
- Thapsia magna Thiele, 1933
- Thapsia majendooensis (Connolly, 1928)
- Thapsia marsabitensis (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia masakaensis (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia masukuensis E. A. Smith, 1899
- Thapsia microleuca Verdcourt, 1982
- Thapsia microsculpta Verdcourt, 1982
- Thapsia millestriata (Preston, 1912)
- Thapsia mime (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia mukandaensis (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia mukulensis Pilsbry, 1919
- Thapsia multistriata (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia nemorum (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia nyikana E. A. Smith, 1899
- Thapsia oleosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
- Thapsia oscitans Connolly, 1925
- Thapsia pallidior (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia paucispirata Thiele, 1933
- Thapsia pinguis (Krauss, 1848)
- Thapsia pompholyx Pilsbry, 1919
- Thapsia punctata Thiele, 1933
- Thapsia radiata d'Ailly, 1910
- Thapsia rosenbergi Preston, 1909
- Thapsia rufescens Pilsbry, 1919
- Thapsia rufocincta (Connolly, 1941)
- Thapsia rutshuruensis Pilsbry, 1919
- † Thapsia senutae Pickford, 2019
- Thapsia silvaepluviosae d'Ailly, 1910
- Thapsia simulata E. A. Smith, 1899
- Thapsia snelli Connolly, 1925[5]
- Thapsia stanleyvillensis Pilsbry, 1919
- Thapsia submixta Germain, 1935
- Thapsia tribulationis (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia tricolor (Connolly, 1925)
- Thapsia troglodytes (Morelet, 1848) - the type species, originally described as Helix troglodytes Morelet, 1848
- Thapsia uluguruensis Verdcourt, 1982
- Thapsia unguinosa Pollonera, 1898
- Thapsia urguessensis (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia usambarensis Verdcourt, 1982
- Thapsia usitata (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia vernhouti (Preston, 1913)
- Thapsia vestii (Jickeli, 1873)[6]
- Thapsia wieringai de Winter, 2008[3]
- Thapsia woodhousei (Preston, 1914)
- Thapsia yalaensis Germain, 1923
- Thapsia zambiensis Pilsbry, 1919
Synonyms
[edit]- Thapsia calamechroa (Jonas, 1843): synonym of Saphtia calamechroa (Jonas, 1843) (superseded combination)
- Thapsia calamichroa (Jonas, 1843): synonym of Saphtia calamechroa (Jonas, 1843) (invalid; incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Thapsia chrysosticta (Morelet, 1867): synonym of Apothapsia thomensis (Dohrn, 1866)
- Thapsia euriomphala Bourguignat, 1883: synonym of Thapsia abyssinica (Jickeli, 1873)
- Thapsia germaini Connolly, 1925: synonym of Apothapsia thomensis (Dohrn, 1866)
- Thapsia gerstenbrandti (Preston, 1914): synonym of Thapsia elgonensis (Preston, 1914) (junior synonym)
- Thapsia mixta E. A. Smith, 1899: synonym of Thapsia pinguis (Krauss, 1848)
- Thapsia rumrutiensis Preston, 1911: synonym of Afroguppya rumrutiensis (Preston, 1911) (original combination)
- Thapsia sjoestedti d'Ailly, 1896: synonym of Vanmolia sjoestedti (d'Ailly, 1896) (original combination)
- Thapsia thomensis (Dohrn, 1866): synonym of Apothapsia thomensis (Dohrn, 1866)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Albers J. C. (1860). "Die Heliceen nach natürlichen Verwantschaft systematisch geordnet, ed. 2" (Manuscript edited by E. von Martens): xviii + 359 pp. Engelmann, Leipzig.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24
- ^ a b c d e f Winter A.J. de (2008). "Redefinition of Thapsia Albers, 1860, and description of three more helicarionoid genera from western Africa (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 82.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Thapsia hanningtoni (E. A. Smith, 1890)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1056994459 Thapsia snelli
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Thapsia vestii (Jickeli, 1873)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
External links
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- Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman
- Winter, A. J. de. (2008). Redefinition of Thapsia Albers, 1860, and description of three more helicarionoid genera from western Africa (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Zoologische Mededelingen 82(41): 441–477