Allopeas, common name the "awl snails", is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Species The genus Allopeas includes the following species: Allopeas acmella (Morelet, 1885) † Allopeas agnolini Miquel, 2024 Allopeas brevispira (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904) Allopeas cavernicola (Annandale & Chopra, 1924) Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) - spike awlsnail"Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez and Michaud, 1838)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010. Allopeas franzhuberi Thach, 2021 Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834) - graceful awlsnail"Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010. - type speciesNaggs F. (1992). "Tortaxis Pilsbry, 1906 and Allopeas Baker, 1935 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation by the designation of a neotype for Achatina erecta Benson, 1842". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 258-260. Allopeas hedeius (Mabille, 1887) Allopeas heudei (Pilsbry, 1906) Allopeas latebricola (Reeve, 1849) Allopeas mariae (Jousseaume, 1894) Allopeas micra (d'Orbigny, 1835)Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Allopeas myrmekophilos R. Janssen, 2002 Allopeas prestoni (Sykes, 1898) Allopeas pusillum (H. Adams, 1867) Allopeas recisa (Morelet, 1885) Allopeas satsumense (Pilsbry, 1906) Allopeas subula (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) Allopeas sykesi (Pilsbry, 1906)
Synonyms Allopeas gracilis [sic]: synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet) Allopeas javanicum (Reeve, 1849): synonym of Paropeas achatinaceum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (junior synonym) Allopeas layardi (W. H. Benson, 1863): synonym of Eutomopeas layardi (W. H. Benson, 1863) (unaccepted combination) Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852) - Mauritian awlsnail:"Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010. synonym of Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (junior subjective synonym) Allopeas oparanum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) Allopeas pyrgiscus (L. Pfeiffer, 1861): synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym) Allopeas pyrgula (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891): synonym of Opeas pyrgula Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891 (superseded combination)
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