Eurychlamys

Eurychlamys is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.[1] These snails are restricted to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.[2]

Eurychlamys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Stylommatophora
Superfamily:
Punctoidea
Family:
Helicarionidae
Subfamily:
Durgellinae
Genus:
Eurychlamys

Godwin-Austen, 1899
Synonyms
  • Nanina (Thysanota) Albers, 1860
  • Queridomus Iredale, 1937

Three species are recognized.[3]

Species
  • Eurychlamys platychlamys (Blanford, 1881)
  • Eurychlamys todarum (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861)
  • Eurychlamys vilipensa (Benson, 1853)

References
  1. "Taxon details - Eurychlamys Godwin-Austen, 1899". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. "Sri Lanka Species Database - CHM Sri Lanka". Clearing House Mechanism. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. "MolluscaBase taxon details - Eurychlamys Godwin-Austen, 1899". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 25 February 2019.


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