Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Solaropsis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870601 on 2021-02-07
Distribution Distribution of Solaropsis include:
Central America: Costa Rica
South America: Colombia Bolivia Guyana Brazil northeastern Argentina
Species Species within the genus Solaropsis include:
Solaropsis alcobacensis Salvador & Simone, 2015 Solaropsis amazonica (Pfeiffer, 1854) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF . Solaropsis andicola L. PfeifferSchileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1840-1843. Solaropsis anguicula (Hupé, 1853) Solaropsis angulifera F. Haas, 1955 Solaropsis anomala Pilsbry, 1957 Solaropsis bachi Ihering, 1900 Solaropsis brasiliana (Deshayes, 1831) Solaropsis caperata F. S. Silva, Mendes-Júnior & Simone, 2022 Solaropsis castelnaudii (Hupé & Deville, 1850) Solaropsis catenifera L. Pfeiffer, 1854 Solaropsis cearana (F. Baker, 1914) Solaropsis chicomendesi Cuezzo & I. Fernández, 2001 Solaropsis cicatricata Beck, 1837 Solaropsis cousini Jousseaume, 1887 Solaropsis derbyi (Ihering, 1900) Solaropsis diplogonia (Dohrn, 1882) Solaropsis elaps Dohrn, 1882 Solaropsis fairchildi Bequaert & Clench, 1938 Solaropsis feisthameli (Hupé, 1853) Solaropsis gibboni (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Solaropsis heliaca (d’Orbigny, 1835) Solaropsis incarum (Philippi, 1869) Solaropsis inornata Haas, 1951 Solaropsis johnsoni Pilsbry, 1933 Solaropsis juruana (Ihering, 1905) Solaropsis leopoldina (Strubel, 1895) Solaropsis marmatensis L. Pfeiffer Solaropsis monile (Broderip, 1832) Solaropsis monolacca (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) Solaropsis nimbus (Simone, 2010) Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831) Solaropsis palizae Weyrauch, 1956 Solaropsis pascalia (Cailliaud, 1857) Solaropsis pellisboae (Hupé, 1853) Solaropsis penthesileae Salvador, 2021 Solaropsis pilsbryi Ihering, 1900 Solaropsis pizarro (Pilsbry, 1944) Solaropsis planior (Pilsbry, 1889) Solaropsis praestans L. Pfeiffer, 1854 Solaropsis punctata (Wagner, 1827) Solaropsis rosarium (Pfeiffer, 1849) Solaropsis rugifera Dohrn, 1882 Solaropsis selenostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1854 Solaropsis serpens (Spix, 1827) Solaropsis tiloriensis (Angas, 1879) Solaropsis trigonostoma Haas, 1934 Solaropsis undata (Lightfoot, 1786) Solaropsis undata F. Haas, 1966 (homonymy: a secondary junior homonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786). There is no recognized synonym or substitute name available, and a replacement name may be necessary if the species is confirmed to be valid). Solaropsis venezuelensis Preston, 1909 Solaropsis vipera (Pfeiffer, 1859)
Species brought into synonymy Solaropsis catenulata (Ancey, 1890): synonym of Solaropsis marmatensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) * Solaropsis kuhni L. Pfeiffer: synonym of Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831) Solaropsis paravicinii Ancey, 1897: synonym of Solaropsis heliaca (d'Orbigny, 1835) Solaropsis pellisserpentis Chemnitz: synonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Ecology Solaropsis lives in rain forests.
Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.Oliveira L. E. (2010). "Carnivory in Solaropsis aff. fairchildi (Gastropoda, Solaropsidae)". Strombus 17(2): 12-13. abstract.
References
Pilsbry, H. A. (1926). The land mollusks of the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 78: 57–126, plates 9–10. Pilsbry, H. A. (1933). Zoological results of the Matto Grosso expedition to Brazil in 1931,-II. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 85: 67-76 + 1 plate. Weyrauch, W.K. (1956). Neue Landschnecken aus Peru. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 85 (4/6): 145–164, pl. 11. Frankfurt am Main. Cuezzo M. G. (2002). "On Solaropsis Beck: New anatomical data and its systematic position within Helicoidea (Pulmonata, Stylomatophora)". Papeis avulsos de Zool., São Paulo 42(3): 31–46. Simone, L. R. L. (2010). A new genus and species of camaenid from the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil (Pulmonata, Helicoidea). Journal of Conchology. 40(2): 149-161
External links
Beck, H. (1837-1838). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 124 pp. Hafniae Wagner, J. A. (1827). Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (1817-1820) jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29. Miller, K. (1878). Die Binnenmollusken von Ecuador. Malakozoologische Blätter. 25: 153-199 Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065.