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| Urocoptis | |
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| Shell of Urocoptis cylindrus (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Urocoptidae |
| Genus: | Urocoptis Beck, 1837[1] |
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Urocoptis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Urocoptidae. [2]
Urocoptis is the type genus of the family Urocoptidae.
Species
[edit]- Urocoptis ambigua (C. B. Adams, 1849)
- † Urocoptis amethystina (Chitty, 1855)
- Urocoptis antiquus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
- Urocoptis aspersa (C. B. Adams, 1849)
- Urocoptis baquieana (Chitty, 1855)
- Urocoptis brevis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
- Urocoptis cylindrus (Dillwyn, 1817)
- † Urocoptis dubia (Chitty, 1853)
- † Urocoptis floridana (Dall, 1890)
- Urocoptis gravesii (C. B. Adams, 1849)
- Urocoptis hendersoni Pilsbry, 1902
- Urocoptis instabilis (Vendryes, 1901)
- Urocoptis megacheila (Chitty, 1855)
- Urocoptis nobilior (C. B. Adams, 1845)
- Urocoptis ovata (Deshayes, 1851)
- Urocoptis procera (C. B. Adams, 1850)
- Urocoptis producta (C. B. Adams, 1851)
- Urocoptis sanguinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
- Urocoptis transparens (L. Pfeiffer, 1866)
- Urocoptis zonata (C. B. Adams, 1851)
References
[edit]- ↑ Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 83.
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Urocoptis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932614 on 2026-07-31
External links
[edit]- Clench W. J. 1968. Notes on species of Urocoptis described by George C. Spence. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 38: 101-102. (abstract)
- Beck, H. (1837-1838). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 124 pp. Hafniae
- Pilsbry, H.A. (1902–1903). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 15: Urocoptidae. pp i-viii, 1-323, pls 1-65. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences. pp. 112–114. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- Albers, J.C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. p. 207.
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