Ophicardelus

Ophicardelus is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails or salt marsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Ellobiidae.

Ophicardelus
Two shells of Ophicardelus ornatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Subfamily:	Carychiinae
Genus:	Ophicardelus Beck, 1838[1]

Species

Ophicardelus sulcatus

Species within the genus Ophicardelus include:

• Ophicardelus costellaris H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 - New Zealand, Australia, synonym: Ophicardelus australis H. H. Beck, 1838^{[citation needed]}
• Ophicardelus ornatus (Férussac, 1821)^[2] - synonym: Ophicardelus ornata A. de Férussac, 1821 - Australia, (drawing)
• Ophicardelus quoyi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 - synonyms: Ophicardelus irregularis Mousson, 1869; Ophicardelus minor Mousson, 1869^[3] - Australia
• Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855^[4] - Australia

Synonyms:

• Ophicardelus layardi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 is a synonym of Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)^[5]