Actinella

Actinella
Shell of Actinella lentiginosa stellaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Helicoidei
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Actinella Lowe, 1852
Type species
Helix stellaris R. T. Lowe, 1852
Synonyms
Actinella (Actinella) R. T. Lowe, 1852 · alternate representation Actinella (Faustella) Mandahl-Barth, 1950 Actinella (Hispidella) R. T. Lowe, 1852 · alternate representation Faustella Mandahl-Barth, 1950 Helix (Actinella) R. T. Lowe, 1852 Helix (Hispidella) R. T. Lowe, 1852 (basionym) Helix (Rimula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 (invalid; preoccupied) Rimula R. T. Lowe, 1852 (invalid; preoccupied)

Actinella is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.^[1]

Species

Species include:^[2]

• Actinella actinophora (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
• † Actinella arcinella (R. T. Lowe, 1855)
• Actinella arcta (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
• Actinella armitageana (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
• Actinella arridens (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
• Actinella carinofausta Waldén, 1983
• † Actinella crassiuscula (Cockerell, 1922)
• † Actinella descendens (Wollaston, 1878)
• Actinella fausta (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
• † Actinella fecundaerrata Groh & Cameron, 2019
• Actinella laciniosa (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
• Actinella lentiginosa (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
• † Actinella morenensis Seddon, 1990
• Actinella obserata (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
• † Actinella papillosculpta Waldén, 1983
• † Actinella promontoriensis Waldén, 1983
• Actinella robusta (Wollaston, 1878)

Synonyms

• Actinella anaglyptica (Reeve, 1852): synonym of Plebecula anaglyptica (Reeve, 1852) (superseded generic combination)
• Actinella giramica R. T. Lowe, 1852) : synonym of Plebecula giramica (R. T. Lowe, 1852) (superseded combination)
• Actinella littorinella (J. Mabille, 1883): synonym of Domunculifex littorinella (Mabille, 1883) (superseded generic combination)
• Actinella nitidiuscula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824): synonym of Plebecula nitidiuscula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) (superseded combination)
• † Actinella saxipotens (Wollaston, 1878): synonym of † Plebecula saxipotens (Wollaston, 1878) (superseded combination)

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

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• Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London

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