Auriculastra

Auriculastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.^[1]

Auriculastra
Auriculastra duplicata, in this image only the shell is visible
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Auriculastra Martens, 1880
Type species
Auriculastra subula Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Synonyms[1]
Auriculastra (Conauricula) Kókay, 2006 †· accepted, alternate representation Cylindrotis Möllendorff, 1895 Marinula (Auriculastra) Martens, 1880 (original rank)

Species

Species in the genus Auriculastra include:

• Auriculastra acuta Connolly, 1922
• Auriculastra aquensis (Tournouër, 1872) †
• Auriculastra badeniensis Kókay, 2006 †
• Auriculastra biplicata (Grateloup, 1828) †
• Auriculastra brachyspira (Möllendorff, 1894)
• Auriculastra dumasi (Cossmann, 1895) †
• Auriculastra duplicata (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
• Auriculastra gassiesi (Morelet, 1882)
• Auriculastra hyalina (Morelet, 1883)
• Auriculastra incrassata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
• Auriculastra oparica (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
• Auriculastra ovata (Briart & Cornet, 1887) †
• Auriculastra radiolata (Morelet, 1860)
• Auriculastra saccata (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
• Auriculastra semiplicata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
• Auriculastra siamensis (Brandt, 1974)
• Auriculastra subula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Species brought into synonymy

• Auriculastra catonis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899): synonym of Auriculastra radiolata (Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym)
• Auriculastra nana Haas, 1950: synonym of Microtralia ovulum (Pfeiffer, 1840)
• Auriculastra nevillei (Morelet, 1882): synonym of Auriculastra radiolata (Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym)