Apoma
| Apoma | |
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| Shell of Apoma chemnitzianum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Urocoptidae |
| Genus: | Apoma Beck, 1837[1] |
| Type species | |
| Apoma elongata H. Beck, 1837 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Apoma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Brachypodellinae of the family Urocoptidae.[2]
Snails of this genus are the most critically endangered and some are probably already extinct. [3]
Species
[edit]- Apoma agnesianum (C. B. Adams, 1849)
- Apoma chemnitzianum (A. Férussac, 1821)
- Apoma diminutum (C. B. Adams, 1851)
- Apoma gracile (W. Wood, 1828)
- Synonyms
- Apoma elongata H. Beck, 1837: synonym of Apoma chemnitzianum (A. Férussac, 1821) (junior synonym)
References
[edit]- ↑ Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 83.
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Apoma H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996824 on 2026-07-02
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 155: 156.
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External links
[edit]- Beck, H. (1837–1838). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. Copenhagen. p. 89. Retrieved 2 July 2026.