Allopeas Explained

Allopeas, common name the "awl snails", is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.

Species

The genus Allopeas includes the following species:

• Allopeas acmella (Morelet, 1885)
• † Allopeas agnolini Miquel, 2024
• Allopeas brevispira (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)
• Allopeas cavernicola (Annandale & Chopra, 1924)
• Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) - spike awlsnail^[1]
• Allopeas franzhuberi Thach, 2021
• Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834) - graceful awlsnail^[2] - type species^[3]
• Allopeas hedeius (Mabille, 1887)
• Allopeas heudei (Pilsbry, 1906)
• Allopeas latebricola (Reeve, 1849)
• Allopeas mariae (Jousseaume, 1894)
• Allopeas micra (d'Orbigny, 1835)^[4]
• Allopeas myrmekophilos R. Janssen, 2002^[5]
• Allopeas prestoni (Sykes, 1898)
• Allopeas pusillum (H. Adams, 1867)
• Allopeas recisa (Morelet, 1885)
• Allopeas satsumense (Pilsbry, 1906)
• Allopeas subula (L. Pfeiffer, 1839)
• Allopeas sykesi (Pilsbry, 1906)

Synonyms:

• Allopeas gracilis [sic]: synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
• Allopeas javanicum (Reeve, 1849): synonym of Paropeas achatinaceum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (junior synonym)
• Allopeas layardi (W. H. Benson, 1863): synonym of Eutomopeas layardi (W. H. Benson, 1863) (unaccepted combination)
• Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852) - Mauritian awlsnail:^[6] synonym of Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (junior subjective synonym)
• Allopeas oparanum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834)
• Allopeas pyrgiscus (L. Pfeiffer, 1861): synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
• Allopeas pyrgula (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891): synonym of Opeas pyrgula Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891 (superseded combination)

References

• Baker . H.B. . Jamaican land snails, 3. . The Nautilus . 1935 . 48 . 3 . 84.
• Book: Bank . R.A. . Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017 . 2017.
• Book: Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. . Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi . 1995 . Backhuys Publishers. . Leiden.

Notes and References

1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=567214 "Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez and Michaud, 1838)"
2. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=567215 "Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)"
3. Naggs F. (1992). "Tortaxis Pilsbry, 1906 and Allopeas Baker, 1935 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation by the designation of a neotype for Achatina erecta Benson, 1842". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 258-260.
4. Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
5. Witte V. . Janssen R. . Eppenstein A. . Maschwitz U. . 2002 . Allopeas myrmekophilos (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), the first myrmecophilous mollusc living in colonies of the ponerine army ant Leptogenys distinguenda (Formicidae, Ponerinae) . . 49 . 4 . 301–305 . 10.1007/PL00012646 .
6. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=567216 "Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852)"