Solaropsis
Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.
Distribution
Distribution of Solaropsis include:Central America:
South America:
Species
Species within the genus Solaropsis include:- Solaropsis alcobacensis Salvador & Simone, 2015
- Solaropsis amazonica
- Solaropsis andicola L. Pfeiffer
- Solaropsis anguicula
- Solaropsis angulifera F. Haas, 1955
- Solaropsis anomala Pilsbry, 1957
- Solaropsis bachi Ihering, 1900
- Solaropsis brasiliana
- Solaropsis caperata F. S. Silva, Mendes-Júnior & Simone, 2022
- Solaropsis castelnaudii
- Solaropsis catenifera L. Pfeiffer, 1854
- Solaropsis cearana
- Solaropsis chicomendesi Cuezzo & I. Fernández, 2001
- Solaropsis cicatricata Beck, 1837
- Solaropsis cousini Jousseaume, 1887
- Solaropsis derbyi
- Solaropsis diplogonia
- Solaropsis elaps Dohrn, 1882
- Solaropsis fairchildi Bequaert & Clench, 1938
- Solaropsis feisthameli
- Solaropsis gibboni
- Solaropsis heliaca
- Solaropsis incarum
- Solaropsis inornata Haas, 1951
- Solaropsis johnsoni Pilsbry, 1933
- Solaropsis juruana
- Solaropsis leopoldina
- Solaropsis marmatensis L. Pfeiffer
- Solaropsis monile
- Solaropsis monolacca
- Solaropsis nimbus
- Solaropsis nubeculata
- Solaropsis palizae Weyrauch, 1956
- Solaropsis pascalia
- Solaropsis pellisboae
- Solaropsis penthesileae Salvador, 2021
- Solaropsis pilsbryi Ihering, 1900
- Solaropsis pizarro
- Solaropsis planior
- Solaropsis praestans L. Pfeiffer, 1854
- Solaropsis punctata
- Solaropsis rosarium
- Solaropsis rugifera Dohrn, 1882
- Solaropsis selenostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1854
- Solaropsis serpens
- Solaropsis tiloriensis
- Solaropsis trigonostoma Haas, 1934
- Solaropsis undata
- Solaropsis undata F. Haas, 1966.
- Solaropsis venezuelensis Preston, 1909
- Solaropsis vipera
- Solaropsis catenulata : synonym of Solaropsis marmatensis
- * Solaropsis kuhni ''L. Pfeiffer: synonym of Solaropsis nubeculata
- Solaropsis paravicinii Ancey, 1897: synonym of Solaropsis heliaca
- Solaropsis pellisserpentis Chemnitz: synonym of Solaropsis undata''
Ecology
Solaropsis lives in rain forests.Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.