Solaropsidae Explained

Solaropsidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Sagdoidea.^[1]

Genera

Subfamily Caracolinae Cuezzo, 2003

• Caracolus Montfort, 1810

Subfamily Solaropsinae H. Nordsieck, 1986

• Solaropsis H. Beck, 1837

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Caracolla Albers, 1850: synonym of Caracolus Montfort, 1810 (invalid: incorrect subsequent spelling)
• Carocolla Gray, 1825: synonym of Caracolus Montfort, 1810 (incorrect subsequent spelling or emendation)
• Corocolla auct.: synonym of Caracolus Montfort, 1810 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
• Discodoma Swainson, 1840: synonym of Caracolus Montfort, 1810
• Serpentulus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Caracolus Montfort, 1810
• Vortex Oken, 1815: synonym of Caracolus Montfort, 1810 (Not available name: Published in a work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 417)
• Wurtzorbis Webb, 1970: synonym of Caracolus Montfort, 1810
• Olympus Simone, 2010: synonym of Solaropsis H. Beck, 1837
• Ophidermis Agassiz, 1846: synonym of Solaropsis H. Beck, 1837
• Psadara K. Miller, 1878: synonym of Solaropsis (Psadara) K. Miller, 1878 represented as Solaropsis H. Beck, 1837
• Solarium Spix, 1827: synonym of Solaropsis H. Beck, 1837

References

• Nordsieck, H. (1986). The system of the Stylommatophora (Gastropoda), with special regard to the systematic position of the Clausiliidae, II. Importance of the shell and distribution. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 117(1−3): 93−116.
• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
• Calcutt J., Cuezzo M.G., Jackson M. & Salvador R.B. (2020). Phylogenetic relationships and classification of Solaropsidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 149(2): 141-193

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Solaropsidae H. Nordsieck, 1986. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870598 on 2021-02-06