Macularia

Macularia
Shell of Macularia niciensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Helicoidei
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Helicidae
Genus:	Macularia Albers, 1850
Type species
Helix niciensis Férussac, 1821
Synonyms
Helix (Macularia) Albers, 1850 Hylotachea G. Pfeffer, 1930

Macularia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

Species

• Macularia niciensis (A. Férussac, 1821)
• Macularia saintivesi (Kobelt, 1906)
• Macularia sylvatica (Draparnaud, 1801)

Species brought into synonymy

• Macularia riffensis Kobelt, 1903: synonym of Hatumia riffensis (Kobelt, 1903) (original combination)
• Macularia saintyvesi (Kobelt, 1906): synonym of Macularia saintivesi (Kobelt, 1906)
• Macularia vittata (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of Pseudotrachia vittata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (superseded combination)

References

• Ferussac A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de, 1821 Deuxième partie: Tableau particuliers des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, tableau de la famille des Limaçons et tableau de la famille des Auricules. In: Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles, p. 111 pp [quarto ed]
• Pfeffer, G. (1930). Zur Kenntnis tertiärer Landschnecken. Geologisch-Paläontologische Abhandlungen, neue Folge. 17(3): 153–380.
• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

• Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp