Elma (gastropod)


Elma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.

Taxonomy

Elma was classified within the subfamily Enneinae. Páll-Gergely et al. classified Elma according to the first internal anatomy research of the genus either in Streptaxinae or in the Gibbinae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Elma includes Taiwan, northern Vietnam and China.

Species

Species within the genus Elma include:Elma fultoni Elma mansuyi Elma matskasii Varga, 2012Elma messageri Elma microstoma Elma mitis Heude, 1890Elma oblongata Yen, 1939Elma pachygyra Elma sinensis Elma swinhoei - type species
  • * Elma swinhoei hotawana Elma tonkiniana
;Synonyms:
  • Subgenus Elma F. Haas, 1951 : synonym of Pseudelma ''F. Haas, 1951 represented as Pseudelma Kobelt, 1904Elma bisexigua F. Haas, 1951: synonym of Pseudelma bisexigua represented as Pseudelma bisexigua Elma bisexigua F. Haas, 1951: synonym of Pseudelma bisexigua''