Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jul 21, 2026

Moellendorffia

Moellendorffia is a gastropod mollusc genus of the family Camaenidae. Members of this genus appear only in East Asia, spanning north from Japan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Last revised
Jul 21, 2026
Read time
≈ 2 min
Length
417 w
Citations
17
Source
Wikipedia ↗
Moellendorffia
Shell of Moellendorffia depressispira (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Camaeninae
Genus: Moellendorffia
Ancey, 18871
Type species
Helix trisinuata Martens, 1867
Synonyms2
  • Helix (Moellendorffia) Ancey, 1887
  • Moellendorffia (Moellendorffia) Ancey, 1887· accepted, alternate representation
  • Proctostoma Mabille, 1887

Moellendorffia is a gastropod mollusc genus of the family Camaenidae.3415 Members of this genus appear only in East Asia, spanning north from Japan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Indonesia.1

Species

Documented species belonging to Moellendorffia are listed below:6

  • Moellendorffia blaisei Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905
  • Moellendorffia dengi H.-F. Yang, Z.-Y. Fan, D.-D. Qiao & J. He, 2012
  • Moellendorffia depressispira (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909)
  • Moellendorffia diminuta7
  • Moellendorffia eastlakeana (Möllendorff, 1882)
  • Moellendorffia hensaniensis (Gredler, 1885)
  • Moellendorffia loxotata (Mabille, 1887)
  • Moellendorffia messageri (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1899)
  • Moellendorffia sculptilis (Moellendorff, 1884)48
  • Moellendorffia spurca (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1899)
  • Moellendorffia tokunoensis9
  • Moellendorffia trisinuata (Martens, 1867)1011
    • Moellendorffia trisinuata sculptilis (Moellendorff, 1881)
    • Moellendorffia trisinuata trisinuata (Moellendorff, 1867)
Taxon inquirendum
  • † Moellendorffia polygyrella Yü, 1982
Species brought into synonymy
  • Moellendorffia callitrichia (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1899): synonym of Moellendorffia eastlakeana (Möllendorff, 1882) (junior synonym)
  • Moellendorffia erdmanni (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1894): synonym of Moellendorffiella erdmanni (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1894) (unaccepted combination)
  • Moellendorffia eucharistus (Pilsbry, 1905):12 synonym of Trichelix eucharistus (Pilsbry, 1901): synonym of Trichelix eucharista (Pilsbry, 1901)
  • Moellendorffia faberiana (Möllendorff, 1888): synonym of Moellendorffiella faberiana (Möllendorff, 1888) (superseded combination)
  • Moellendorffia hiraseana Pilsbry, 1905:1314 synonym of Trichelix hiraseana (Pilsbry, 1905) (original combination)
  • Moellendorffia horrida (L. Pfeiffer, 1863): synonym of Trichelix horrida (L. Pfeiffer, 1863) (unaccepted combination)
References

References

  1. "Moellendorffia Ancey, 1887". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  2. "Moellendorffia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. Nomenclature group (1984). "台灣貝類中文名稱訂名" [Establishment of Chinese Name of Shells]. Bulletin of Malacology (in Traditional Chinese). 10. The Malacological Society of Taiwan: 59–64.
  4. 中国科学院动物研究所. "雕刻多粒螺" [Moellendorffia sculptilis]. 《中国动物物种编目数据库》 (in Simplified Chinese). 中国科学院微生物研究所. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  5. "?". Conch. Exchange. 1: 64.
  6. "Moellendorffia". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  7. "Moellendorffia diminuta". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  8. Jahrb. d. D. Malak. Ges., s.310, T.4, f.7
  9. "Moellendorffia tokunoensis". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  10. 中国科学院动物研究所. "三凹多粒螺" [Moellendorffia trisinuata]. 《中国动物物种编目数据库》. 中国科学院微生物研究所. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  11. Ostasiat. Landschnecken, s.50
  12. "Shell Gallery View " Shell Encyclopedia, Conchology, Inc. " Conchological Mega Database on Mollusks". Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  13. "Moellendorffia hiraseana Pilsbry, 1905". TaiBNET. Taiwan: Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia_Sinica. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  14. "Moellendorffia hiraseana". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
External links