Labyrinthus

Labyrinthus

Two shells of Labyrinthus plicatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Pleurodontidae
Genus:	Labyrinthus Beck, 1837^[1]
Synonyms^[3]
(?) Lampadion Röding, 1798^[2] Lyriostoma Lyrostoma

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

Distribution

This genus occurs in South America.

Species within the genus Labyrinthus include:

^ Beck (1837). Index Moll. Mus. Ch. Fred. (1): 33.
^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1823-1825.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/species.asp?family=CAMAENIDAE&cod=5081 accessed 13 February 2009
^ ^a ^b ^c (Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF.
^ ^a ^b Baker, Horace Burrinton. 1926: The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Willianson Expedicion in Venezuela. Occacional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. Nº 167:1-65