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Orthalicus

Genus of gastropods

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Orthalicus is a genus of land snails in the family Orthalicidae.

01Species

Species include:

Species inquirendum
Species brought into synonymy
  • *Orthalicus isabellinus Martens, 1873: synonym of Orthalicus bensoni (Reeve, 1849) (junior synonym)
  • Orthalicus macandrewi G. B. Sowerby III, 1889: synonym of Sultana (Metorthalicus) macandrewi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) represented as Sultana macandrewi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
  • Orthalicus meobambensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855): synonym of Sultana meobambensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) (superseded combination)
  • Orthalicus pfeifferi Hidalgo, 1869: synonym of Corona pfeifferi (Hidalgo, 1869)
  • Orthalicus powisianus Petit de la Saussaye, 1843: synonym of Sultana powisiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843) (original combination)
  • Orthalicus reginaeformis Strebel, 1909: synonym of Corona perversa (Swainson, 1823) (junior synonym)
  • Orthalicus sultana (Dillwyn, 1817): synonym of Sultana sultana (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted combination)
  • Orthalicus tricinctus E. von Martens, 1893: synonym of Orthalicus ferussaci tricinctus E. von Martens, 1893 (basionym)
  • Orthalicus trullisatus Shuttleworth, 1856: synonym of Sultana sultana (Dillwyn, 1817) (junior synonym)
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