Labyrinthus

For the term in planetary nomenclature, see Labyrinthus (planetary geology).

Labyrinthus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Labyrinthidae.^[2]

Labyrinthus
Two shells of Labyrinthus plicatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Helicoidei
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Labyrinthidae
Genus:	Labyrinthus Beck, 1837[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
Ambages Gude, 1912 (junior synonym) Helix (Labyrinthus) Beck, 1837 Labyrinthus (Ambages) Gude, 1912 (junior synonym) Labyrinthus (Labyrinthus) H. Beck, 1837· accepted, alternate representation Lampadion Röding, 1798 Lyrostoma Swainson, 1840 Pleurodonte (Labyrinthus) H. Beck, 1837 (unaccepted rank)

Distribution

This genus occurs in South America.

Species

Species within the genus Labyrinthus include:

• Labyrinthus bifurcatus (Deshayes, 1838)^[4]
• Labyrinthus chiriquensis / Lampadion chiriquensis (Pilsbry, 1899)^[4]
• Labyrinthus cymatodes / Lampadion cymatodes (Pfeiffer, 1852)^[4]
• Labyrinthus furcillatus (Hupé, 1853)^[5]
• Labyrinthus labyrinthus “Chemnitz” Deshayes (Cheminitz, 1795)^[3][4]
• Labyrinthus leprieurii (Petit, 1840)^[3][4]
• Labyrinthus leucodon (Pfeiffer, 1847)^[6]
• Labyrinthus manueli Higgins, 1872^[4]
• Labyrinthus oreas Koch^[3]
• Labyrinthus otis (Lightfoot, 1786)^[3]
• Labyrinthus orthorinus Pilsbry, 1899^[4]
• Labyrinthus plicatus (Born, 1780) / Labyrinthus plicata (Born, 1778)^[4]
• Labyrinthus raimondii (Philippi, 1867)^[4][5]
• Labyrinthus tamsiana (Dunker, 1847)^[6]
• Labyrinthus tarapotensis (Moricand, 1858)^[4]
• Labyrinthus umbrus Thompson, 1957^{[citation needed]}
• Labyrinthus uncigera (Petit, 1838)^[4]
• Labyrinthus yatesi (Pfeiffer, 1855)^[4]
• Labyrinthus vexans Dohrn^[3]
• Labyrinthus yatesi (Pfeiffer, 1855)^[5]