Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.[2] [3]
Distribution
Distribution of Solaropsis include:
Central America:
South America:
Species
Species within the genus Solaropsis include:
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Solaropsis alcobacensis Salvador & Simone, 2015[6]
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Solaropsis amazonica (Pfeiffer, 1854)[7]
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Solaropsis andicola L. Pfeiffer[8]
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Solaropsis anguicula (Hupé, 1853)[7]
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Solaropsis angulifera F. Haas, 1955
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Solaropsis anomala Pilsbry, 1957
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Solaropsis bachi Ihering, 1900[7]
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Solaropsis brasiliana (Deshayes, 1831)[8][7]
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Solaropsis caperata F. S. Silva, Mendes-Júnior & Simone, 2022
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Solaropsis castelnaudii (Hupé & Deville, 1850)
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Solaropsis catenifera L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
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Solaropsis cearana (F. Baker, 1914)[8][7]
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Solaropsis chicomendesi Cuezzo & I. Fernández, 2001
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Solaropsis cicatricata Beck, 1837[7]
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Solaropsis cousini Jousseaume, 1887
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Solaropsis derbyi (Ihering, 1900)[7]
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Solaropsis diplogonia (Dohrn, 1882)
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Solaropsis elaps Dohrn, 1882[7]
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Solaropsis fairchildi Bequaert & Clench, 1938[5][7]
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Solaropsis feisthameli (Hupé, 1853)[7]
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Solaropsis gibboni (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
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Solaropsis heliaca (d’Orbigny, 1835)[7]
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Solaropsis incarum (Philippi, 1869)
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Solaropsis inornata Haas, 1951
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Solaropsis johnsoni Pilsbry, 1933[7]
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Solaropsis juruana (Ihering, 1905)
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Solaropsis leopoldina (Strubel, 1895)[7]
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Solaropsis marmatensis L. Pfeiffer[8]
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Solaropsis monile (Broderip, 1832)
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Solaropsis monolacca (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
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Solaropsis nimbus (Simone, 2010)
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Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831)
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Solaropsis palizae Weyrauch, 1956[8]
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Solaropsis pascalia (Cailliaud, 1857)[7]
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Solaropsis pellisboae (Hupé, 1853)
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Solaropsis penthesileae Salvador, 2021
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Solaropsis pilsbryi Ihering, 1900 [7]
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Solaropsis pizarro (Pilsbry, 1944)
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Solaropsis planior (Pilsbry, 1889)
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Solaropsis praestans L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
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Solaropsis punctata (Wagner, 1827)
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Solaropsis rosarium (Pfeiffer, 1849)[7]
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Solaropsis rugifera Dohrn, 1882[7]
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Solaropsis selenostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1854[8]
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Solaropsis serpens (Spix, 1827)[7]
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Solaropsis tiloriensis (Angas, 1879)[4]
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Solaropsis trigonostoma Haas, 1934[7]
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Solaropsis undata (Lightfoot, 1786)[8][7]
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Solaropsis undata F. Haas, 1966 (homonymy: a secondary junior homonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786). There is no recognized synonym or substitute name available, and a replacement name may be necessary if the species is confirmed to be valid).
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Solaropsis venezuelensis Preston, 1909
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Solaropsis vipera (Pfeiffer, 1859)[7]
- Species brought into synonymy
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Solaropsis catenulata (Ancey, 1890): synonym of Solaropsis marmatensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
- * Solaropsis kuhni L. Pfeiffer:[8] synonym of Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831)
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Solaropsis paravicinii Ancey, 1897: synonym of Solaropsis heliaca (d'Orbigny, 1835)
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Solaropsis pellisserpentis Chemnitz:[8] synonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Ecology
Solaropsis lives in rain forests.[5]
Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.[5]
References
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^ Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 27.
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^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Solaropsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870601 on 2021-02-07
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^ a b Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.
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^ a b c d e f g h Oliveira L. E. (2010). "Carnivory in Solaropsis aff. fairchildi (Gastropoda, Solaropsidae)". Strombus 17(2): 12-13. abstract.
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^ Salvador, R.B.; Simone, L.R.L. (2015). "Taxonomical study on a sample of land snails from Alcobaça (Bahia, Brazil), with description of a new species". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A. Neue Serie 8: 1–7.
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1840-1843.
- Pilsbry, H. A. (1926). The land mollusks of the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 78: 57-126, plates 9-10.
- Pilsbry, H. A. (1933). Zoological results of the Matto Grosso expedition to Brazil in 1931,-II. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 85: 67-76 + 1 plate.
- Weyrauch, W.K. (1956). Neue Landschnecken aus Peru. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 85 (4/6): 145-164, pl. 11. Frankfurt am Main.
- Cuezzo M. G. (2002). "On Solaropsis Beck: New anatomical data and its systematic position within Helicoidea (Pulmonata, Stylomatophora)". Papeis avulsos de Zool., São Paulo 42(3): 31-46.
- Simone, L. R. L. (2010). A new genus and species of camaenid from the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil (Pulmonata , Helicoidea). Journal of Conchology. 40(2): 149-161
