Plebecula

Plebecula
Shell of Plebecula giramica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Subfamily:	Geomitrinae
Tribe:	Geomitrini
Genus:	Plebecula R. T. Lowe, 1852
Type species
Helix (Plebecula) vulgata R. T. Lowe, 1852
Synonyms
Actinella (Plebecula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 superseded combination Helix (Plebecula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 (basionym)

Plebecula is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Geomitrinae of the family Geomitridae.

Species

• Plebecula anaglyptica (Reeve, 1852)
• Plebecula giramica (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
• Plebecula nitidiuscula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
• † Plebecula saxipotens (Wollaston, 1878)

Synonyms

• † Plebecula comatula (F. Sandberger, 1871): synonym of † Pseudoleptaxis comatula (F. Sandberger, 1871)
• † Plebecula declivis (F. Sandberger, 1870): synonym of † Dentellocaracolus declivis (F. Sandberger, 1870)
• † Plebecula divisionensis [sic]: synonym of† Plebecula divionensis (J. Martin, 1866) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
• † Plebecula fraasi Jooss, 1912: synonym of † Wenzia fraasi (Jooss, 1912) (new combination)
• † Plebecula ramondi (Brongniart, 1810): synonym of † Wenzia ramondi (Brongniart, 1810)

Taxon inquirendum

• † Plebecula divionensis (J. Martin, 1866)

External links

• 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
• Cockerell, T. D. A. (1921). The genus Plebecula Lowe. The Nautilus. 34(4): 133-136.
• Brozzo, A.; Harl, J.; De Mattia, W.; Teixeira, D.; Walther, F.; Groh, K.; Páll‐Gergely, B.; Glaubrecht, M.; Hausdorf, B.; Neiber, M. T. (2020). Molecular phylogeny and trait evolution of Madeiran land snails: radiation of the Geomitrini (Stylommatophora: Helicoidea: Geomitridae). Cladistics. 36(6): 594-616