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Leiostracus

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Leiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.^[2]

This genus is endemic to South America, occurring in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Species in the genus Leiostracus include:^[3]^[5]

Leiostracus coxeiranus (Moricand, 1836): synonym of Leiostracus coxiranus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) (junior synonym)
Leiostracus kugleri Forcart, 1954: synonym of Bostryx kugleri (Forcart, 1954) (original combination)
Leiostracus polygrammus (Moricand, 1836): synonym of Drymaeus polygramma (S. Moricand, 1836)
Leiostracus studeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of Drymaeus studeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)

^ Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin (Enslin). pp. 1–262.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877282 on 2020-05-04
^ ^a ^b Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2014). "A new species of Leiostracus from Bahia, Brazil (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orthalicidae)" (PDF). Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 104 (1): 39–42. doi:10.1590/1678-4766201410413942. ISSN 0073-4721.
^ Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Leiostracus onager and Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicidae)". Journal of Conchology. 41 (4): 511–518. ISSN 0022-0019. OCLC 6988449.
^ ^a ^b Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. EGB, Fapesp. São Paulo, Brazil. 390 pp. ISBN 85-906670-0-6.
^ Pilsbry, H. A. "Leiostracus webberi, a new bulimulid snail from Ecuador". The Nautilus. 53 (1): 28–29. ISSN 0028-1344.

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