Plekocheilus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.
Distribution
This genus occurs in South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Ecuador.
Species
Species within the genus Plekocheilus include:
Plekocheilus alticolus (F. Haas, 1955) Plekocheilus ampullaroides (Mousson, 1873) Plekocheilus annetae Breure, 2020 Plekocheilus apunni (Dunker, 1875) Plekocheilus argenteus (Jousseaume, 1900) Plekocheilus aristaceus (Crosse, 1869) Plekocheilus aulacostylus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Plekocheilus aureonitens (K. Miller, 1878) Plekocheilus auriformis (da Costa, 1904) Plekocheilus aurissciuri Guppy, 1866 Plekocheilus aurissileni (Born, 1780) - photo of radula Plekocheilus bellulus (Jonas, 1844) Plekocheilus bigener Borrero & Breure, 2011 Plekocheilus blainvilleanus (Pfeiffer, 1848) Plekocheilus breweri Breure & Schlögl, 2010 Plekocheilus bruggeni Breure, 1978 Plekocheilus calliostomus (Dohrn, 1882) Plekocheilus camaritagua Borrero & Breure, 2011 Plekocheilus cardinalis (Pfeiffer, 1853) Plekocheilus castaneus (Pfeiffer, 1845) Plekocheilus cathcartiae (Reeve, 1848) Plekocheilus cecepeus Breure & R. Araujo, 2015 Plekocheilus coloratus (Nyst, 1845) - synonym: Plekocheilus lamarckianus (Pfeiffer, 1848) Plekocheilus conspicuus Pilsbry, 1932 Plekocheilus dalmasi (Dautzenberg, 1900) Plekocheilus delicatus (Pilsbry, 1935) Plekocheilus dillwynianus (Pfeiffer, 1853) Plekocheilus dissimulans (Preston, 1909) Plekocheilus distortus (Bruguière, 1789) - in Brazil and Venezuela Plekocheilus doliarius (da Costa, 1898) Plekocheilus elaeodes (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Plekocheilus episcopalis (Pfeiffer, 1855) subspecies Plekocheilus episcopalis auriformis (Da Costa, 1904) - synonym: Plekocheilus auriformis (da Costa, 1904) subspecies Plekocheilus episcopalis corticosus (Sowerby III, 1895) Plekocheilus eros (Angas, 1878) Plekocheilus euryomphalus (Jonas, 1844) - synonym: Plekocheilus otostomus (Pfeiffer, 1855), - in Venezuela Plekocheilus floccosus (Spix in J. A. Wagner, 1827) Plekocheilus fulminans (Nyst, 1843) Plekocheilus fusitorsus (Oberwimmer, 1931) Plekocheilus gibber (Oberwimmer, 1931) Plekocheilus gibbonius (Lea, 1838) Plekocheilus glaber (Gmelin, 1791) Plekocheilus glandiformis (Lea, 1838) - synonym: Plekocheilus (Eurytus) couturesi Ancey, 1900 Plekocheilus guentheri (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892) Plekocheilus hauxwelli (Crosse, 1872) Plekocheilus huberi Breure, 2009 Plekocheilus incognitus Borrero & Breure, 2011 Plekocheilus jimenezi (Hidalgo, 1872) Plekocheilus jucundus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Plekocheilus labiosus Borrero & Breure, 2011 Plekocheilus lacerta (Pfeiffer, 1855) Plekocheilus linterae(G.B. Sowerby III, 1890) Plekocheilus loveni (Pfeiffer, 1848) Plekocheilus lugubris (Dunker, 1882) Plekocheilus lynciculus (Deville & Hupé, 1850) Plekocheilus midas (Albers, 1852) Plekocheilus mundiperditi F. Haas, 1955 Plekocheilus nachiyacu Pilsbry, 1939 Plekocheilus nebulosus Breure, 2009 Plekocheilus nocturnus Pilsbry, 1939 Plekocheilus oligostylus Pilsbry, 1939 Plekocheilus onca (d'Orbigny, 1835) Plekocheilus paraguas Borrero & Breure, 2011 Plekocheilus pentadinus (d’Orbigny, 1835) - synonym: Helix onca d’Orbigny, 1835 Plekocheilus perdix (Pfeiffer, 1848) Plekocheilus philippei Breure, 2012 in press Plekocheilus piperatoides Pilsbry, 1901 Plekocheilus piperitus (G.B.Sowerby I, 1837) Plekocheilus pirriensis Dall, 1912 Plekocheilus plectostylus (Pfeiffer, 1848) - synonym: Plekocheilus speciosus (Pfeiffer, 1854) Plekocheilus pulicarius (Reeve, 1848) - synonyms: Plekocheilus (Eurytus) virgatus (Pilsbry, 1935); Plekocheilus (Eurytus) mabillei (Crosse, 1867) Plekocheilus quadricolor (Pfeiffer, 1848) Plekocheilus rhodocheilus (Reeve, 1848) Plekocheilus roseolabrum (E. A. Smith, 1877) Plekocheilus sanderi Breure, 2020 Plekocheilus semperi (Dohrn, 1882) Plekocheilus sinuatus (Albers, 1854) Plekocheilus sophiae Breure, 2009 Plekocheilus subglandiformis (Mousson, 1873) Plekocheilus succineoides (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840) - synonym: Plekocheilus latilabris (Pfeiffer, 1855) subspecies Plekocheilus succineoides cleeforum Breure, 1977 subspecies Plekocheilus succineoides zilchi Breure, 1977 Plekocheilus superstriatus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1890) Plekocheilus taquinensis (Pfeiffer, 1855) Plekocheilus tatei (F. Haas, 1955) Plekocheilus taylorianus (Reeve, 1849) Plekocheilus tenuissimus Weyrauch, 1967 Plekocheilus tetensii (Dunker, 1875) Plekocheilus tricolor (Pfeiffer, 1853) Plekocheilus taylorianus (Reeve, 1849) Plekocheilus veranyi (Pfeiffer, 1848) - synonym: Bulimus scytodes Pfeiffer, 1853 Plekocheilus vlceki Breure & Schlögl, 2010