Gymnarion


Gymnarion is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Urocyclidae.

Description

These helixarionid snails possess minute, remote right and left shell-lobes. The penis features a subterminal retractor muscle and an epiphallus, the latter lacking a flagellum or other appendages. A long, club-shaped dart sac is present.

Species

Species within the genus Gymnarion include:Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae Gymnarion anchora E. Binder, 1971Gymnarion apertus E. Binder, 1979Gymnarion bequaerti E. Binder, 1979Gymnarion cheranganiensis Connolly, 1925Gymnarion chinegris E. Binder, 1979Gymnarion chirindicus E. Binder, 1981Gymnarion columna E. Binder, 1971Gymnarion corneola Gymnarion coronatus E. Binder, 1976Gymnarion ducae E. Binder, 1976Gymnarion gomesiana Gymnarion grandis Gymnarion grossans E. Binder, 1971Gymnarion masukuensis Gymnarion medjensis Pilsbry, 1919Gymnarion membranaceus Gymnarion nyasanus Gymnarion plicatulus Gymnarion scutum E. Binder, 1971Gymnarion sigaretinus Gymnarion sowerbyanus Gymnarion tanganyicae Gymnarion upembae E. Binder, 1979Gymnarion vanmoli E. Binder, 1979Gymnarion vumbae E. Binder, 1981Gymnarion wittei E. Binder, 1979
;Species brought into synonymy:Gymnarion lacrimosus Connolly, 1929 : synonym of Lacrimarion lacrimosus Gymnarion aloysii-sabaudiae : synonym of Gymnarion aloysiisabaudiae Gymnarion lacrimosus Connolly, 1929 : synonym of ''Lacrimarion lacrimosus''