Sitala

Sitala
Shell of Sitala aliceae (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicarionidae
Subfamily:	Durgellinae
Tribe:	Durgellini
Genus:	Sitala Adams, 1865[1]
Synonyms[2]
Conulema Stoliczka, 1871 Nanina (Liocystis) Mörch, 1872 Nanina (Sitala) H. Adams, 1865 Turrisitala Iredale, 1933

Sitala is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Durgellinae of the family Helicarionidae.^[3]

Sitala is the type genus of the subfamily Sitalinae (which is a synonym of Durgellini.)^[4]

Species within the genus Sitala include:

• Sitala accepta E. A. Smith, 1895: synonym of Kaliella accepta (E. A. Smith, 1895)
• Sitala angulifera Pilsbry & Hirase, 1905: synonym of Sitalina angulifera (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1905) (original combination)
• Sitala anthropophagorum Hedley, 1894: synonym of Durgellina anthropophagorum (Hedley, 1894) (original combination)
• Sitala apicata (W. T. Blanford, 1870): synonym of Euplecta apicata (W. T. Blanford, 1870) (unaccepted combination)
• Sitala bandongensis O. Boettger, 1890: synonym of Kaliella microconus (Mousson, 1865)
• Sitala baritensis E. A. Smith, 1893: synonym of Kaliella microconus (Mousson, 1865)
• Sitala bicarinata van Benthem Jutting, 1929: synonym of Philalanka tjibodasensis (Leschke, 1914) (junior synonym)
• Sitala bicincta Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1912: synonym of Ruthvenia bicincta (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1912) (original combination)
• Sitala bilirata (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861): synonym of Philalanka bilirata (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861) (unaccepted combination)
• Sitala busauensis E. A. Smith, 1895: synonym of Kaliella busauensis (E. A. Smith, 1895) (original combination)
• Sitala capillacea Soós, 1911: synonym of Durgellina capillacea (Soós, 1911) (original combination)
• Sitala cara E. A. Smith, 1895: synonym of Kaliella barrakporensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
• Sitala carinifera Stoliczka, 1873: synonym of Philalanka carinifera (Stoliczka, 1873) (original combination)
• Sitala carinigera Tapparone Canefri, 1886: synonym of Philalanka carinigera (Tapparone Canefri, 1886) (original combination)
• Sitala circumcincta (Reinhardt, 1883): synonym of Sitalina circumcincta (Reinhardt, 1883) (unaccepted combination)
• Sitala collinae E. A. Smith, 1898: synonym of Durgellina collinae (E. A. Smith, 1898)
• Sitala concavispira F. Haas, 1936: synonym of Afroconulus concavispira (F. Haas, 1936) (original combination)
• Sitala crenocarinata Schepman, 1918: synonym of Durgellina crenocarinata (Schepman, 1918) (original combination)
• Sitala demissa E. A. Smith 1895: synonym of Kaliella calculosa (Gould, 1852)
• Sitala diaphana Connolly, 1922: synonym of Afroconulus diaphanus (Connolly, 1922) (original combination)
• Sitala ditropis Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894: synonym of Kaliella ditropis (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894) (superseded combination)
• Sitala dulcis E. A. Smith, 1895: synonym of Kaliella scandens (Cox, 1871)
• Sitala elatior Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908: synonym of Thysanota conula (Blanford, 1865)
• Sitala febrilis (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861): synonym of Philalanka febrilis (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861) (unaccepted combination)
• Sitala fimbriosa Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894: synonym of Thysanota conula (Blanford, 1865)
• Sitala fragilis Schepman, 1919: synonym of Durgellina fragilis (Schepman, 1919) (original combination)
• Sitala gradata Schepman, 1919: synonym of Durgellina gradata (Schepman, 1919) (original combination)
• Sitala gunongensis Godwin-Austen, 1909: synonym of Helicarion gunongensis (Godwin-Austen, 1909) (original combination)
• Sitala hainanensis Möllendorff, 1887: synonym of Sitalina hainanensis (Möllendorff, 1887) (original combination)
• Sitala hirasei Pilsbry, 1905: synonym of Sitalina hirasei (Pilsbry, 1905) (original combination)
• Sitala homfrayi Godwin-Austen, 1895: synonym of Philalanka homfrayi (Godwin-Austen, 1895) (original combination)
• Sitala inaequisculpta E. A. Smith, 1895: synonym of Philalanka moluensis (E. A. Smith, 1893)
• Sitala infantilis E. A. Smith, 1895: synonym of Kaliella infantilis (E. A. Smith, 1895) (original combination)
• Sitala insignis Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904: synonym of Sitalina insignis (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904) (original combination)
• Sitala iredalei Preston, 1912: synonym of Afroconulus iredalei (Preston, 1912) (original combination)
• Sitala javana Möllendorff, 1897: synonym of Kaliella microconus (Mousson, 1865)
• Sitala latissima Pilsbry, 1902: synonym of Sitalina latissima (Pilsbry, 1902) (original combination)
• Sitala lineolata Möllendorff, 1891: synonym of Liardetia lineolata (Möllendorff, 1891) (superseded combination)
• Sitala lorentzi Schepman, 1919: synonym of Durgellina lorentzi (Schepman, 1919) (original combination)
• Sitala moluensis E. A. Smith, 1893: synonym of Philalanka moluensis (E. A. Smith, 1893)
• Sitala mononema (Benson, 1853): synonym of Philalanka mononema (Benson, 1853) (unaccepted combination)
• Sitala niijimana Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1903: synonym of Parasitala niijimana (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1903) (original combination)
• Sitala normani (E. A. Smith, 1889): synonym of Lamprocystis normani (E. A. Smith, 1889) (superseded combination)
• Sitala orchis Godwin-Austen, 1891: synonym of Kaliella doliolum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Sitala oxyconus Möllendorff, 1894: synonym of Kaliella oxyconus (Möllendorff, 1894) (superseded combination)
• Sitala philippinarum Möllendorff, 1887: synonym of Liardetia philippinarum (Möllendorff, 1887) (original combination)
• Sitala propinqua Tapparone Canefri, 1886: synonym of Liardetia proqinqua (Tapparone Canefri, 1886) (original combination)
• Sitala pudica Gude, 1905: synonym of Liardetia scandens (Cox, 1872): synonym of Kaliella scandens (Cox, 1872) (junior synonym)
• Sitala quadricarinata Gude, 1917: synonym of Philalanka kusana (Aldrich, 1889)
• Sitala raricostulata E. A. Smith, 1893: synonym of Rahula raricostulata (E. A. Smith, 1893)
• Sitala rumbangensis E. A. Smith, 1895: synonym of Kaliella barrakporensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
• Sitala singularis Godwin-Austen, 1891: synonym of Kaliella microconus (Mousson, 1865)
• Sitala striolata Möllendorff, 1901: synonym of Kaliella striolata (Möllendorff, 1901) (original combination)
• Sitala subbilirata Godwin-Austen, 1882: synonym of Philalanka subbilirata (Godwin-Austen, 1882) (original combination)
• Sitala subglobosa Soós, 1911: synonym of Durgellina subglobosa (Soós, 1911) (original combination)
• Sitala sublimis Hedley, 1897: synonym of Microcystina sublimis (Hedley, 1897) (original combination)
• Sitala sublineolata Möllendorff, 1902: synonym of Coneuplecta sublineolata (Möllendorff, 1902) (original combination)
• Sitala subscalaris Möllendorff, 1902: synonym of Queridomus subscalaris (Möllendorff, 1902) (original combination)
• Sitala tertiana (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861): synonym of Philalanka tertiana (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861)
• Sitala tjibodasensis Leschke, 1914: synonym of Philalanka tjibodasensis (Leschke, 1914) (original combination)
• Sitala tricarinata (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861): synonym of Philalanka tricarinata (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861) (unaccepted combination)
• Sitala tripilaris Gredler, 1890: synonym of Euplecta tripilaris (Gredler, 1890) (original combination)
• Sitala ultima Pilsbry & Hirase, 1909: synonym of Parasitala ultima (Hirase, 1908)
• Sitala urguessensis Connolly, 1925: synonym of Afroconulus urguessensis (Connolly, 1925) (original combination)
• Sitala vagata E. A. Smith, 1903: synonym of Kaliella vagata (E. A. Smith, 1903) (original combination)
• Sitala wilcoxi (Cox, 1865): synonym of Coneuplecta calculosa (A. Gould, 1852) (junior synonym)

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017

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