Kalidos
genus of molluscs
Kalidos is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicarioninae of the family Helicarionidae.
Description
(Original description) The depressed shell is conoid. It is finely striated, and decussated by fine or coarse spirals. The periphery is rounded or angular. The umbilicus is small.
Distribution
This genus occurs in Madagascar.
Species
Species within the genus Kalidos include:
Species brought into synonymy
Kalidos acutus Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Sitala acuta (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)
Kalidos culminis Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Sitala culminis (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)
Kalidos delphini Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974: synonym of Sitala delphini (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974) (original combination)
Kalidos elevatus Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Sitala elevata (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)
Kalidos huberi Thach, 2018: synonym of Kalidos chastellii (Deshayes in Férussac, 1832) (junior synonym)
Kalidos tenebricus Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975: synonym of Kalidos anceyianus Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966 (junior synonym)
Kalidos tulearensis Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966: synonym of Trochonanina tulearensis (Fischer-Piette & Salvat, 1966) (original combination)
References
Robson, G. C. (1914). On a collection of land and freshwater Gastropoda from Madagascar, with descriptions of new genera and new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 32: 375–389, pl. 35, figs.
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