Simpulopsis

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

Simpulopsis
dorsal view of Simpulopsis rufovirens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Simpulopsidae
Genus:	Simpulopsis Beck, 1837[1]
Type species
Helix (Cochlohydra) sulculosa Férussac, 1821
Synonyms
Bulimulopsis Pilsbry, 1899 Bulimulus (Eudioptus) E. von Martens, 1860 Bulimus (Eudioptus) von Martens, 1860 (superseded combination) Eudioptus E. von Martens, 1860 Paracochlea Hylton Scott, 1967 Pseudoglandina Weyrauch, 1967 Simpulopsis (Eudioptus) E. von Martens, 1860· accepted, alternate representation Simpulopsis (Simpulopsis) H. Beck, 1837· accepted, alternate representation Succinea (Simpulopsis) H. Beck, 1837 (original rank)

Simpulopsis is the type genus of the tribe Simpulopsini^[3] and of the family Simpulopsidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Simpulopsis includes Colombia,^[4] Venezuela, Brazil^[5] and Ecuador.^[6]

Species

Simpulopsis rufovirens in motion

Species within the genus Simpulopsis include:

subgenus Simpulopsis Beck, 1837

• Simpulopsis atrovirens (Moricand, 1836)^[5]
• Simpulopsis brasiliensis (Moricand, 1846)^[5]
• Simpulopsis corrugata Guppy, 1866^[5]
• Simpulopsis cumingi L. Pfeiffer, 1861
• Simpulopsis decussata Pfeiffer, 1856^[5]
• Simpulopsis miersi Pfeiffer, 1856^[5]
• Simpulopsis ovata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822)^[5]
• Simpulopsis pseudosulculosa Breure, 1975^[5]
• Simpulopsis rufovirens (Moricand, 1846)^[5]
• Simpulopsis sulculosa (Férussac, 1821)^[5]
• Simpulopsis tryoni Pilsbry, 1899^[5]
• Simpulopsis wiebesi Breure, 1975^[5]

subgenus Eudioptus Albers, 1860

• Simpulopsis araujoi (Breure, 1975)^[5]
• Simpulopsis boissieri (Moricand, 1846)^[5]
• Simpulopsis citrinovitrea (Moricand, 1836)^[5] - synonym: Simpulopsis fulguratus Miller, 1878^[4]
• Simpulopsis ephippium Ancey, 1904^[7]
• Simpulopsis luteolus (Ancey, 1901)^[5]
• Simpulopsis progastor (d’Orbigny, 1835)^[5]
• Simpulopsis pseudosuccinea (Moricand, 1836)^[5]

No subgenus mentioned:

• Simpulopsis aenea L. Pfeiffer, 1861
• Simpulopsis dominicensis L. Pfeiffer, 1858
• Simpulopsis eudioptus (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897)
• Simpulopsis gomesae Silva & Thomé, 2006^[8]
• Simpulopsis limpida (Drouët, 1859)
• Simpulopsis magnus Thompson, 1957^[9]
• Simpulopsis membranacea Villa & Villa, 1841
• Simpulopsis promatensis Silva & Thomé 2006^[8]
• Simpulopsis simula (Morelet, 1851)
• Simpulopsis vincentina E. A. Smith, 1895

Synonyms

• Simpulopsis chiapensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856: synonym of Xanthonyx chiapensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) (original combination)
• Simpulopsis cordovana L. Pfeiffer, 1857: synonym of Xanthonyx cordovanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (original combination)
• Simpulopsis mastersi Brazier, 1872: synonym of Mystivagor mastersi (Brazier, 1872) (original combination)
• Simpulopsis portoricensis Shuttleworth, 1854: synonym of Platysuccinea portoricensis (Shuttleworth, 1854) (original combination)
• Simpulopsis salleana L. Pfeiffer, 1857: synonym of Xanthonyx salleanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (original combination)