Nicida

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Nicida

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

Order:  |

Architaenioglossa

Superfamily:  |

Cyclophoroidea

Family:  |

Diplommatinidae

Subfamily:  |

Diplommatininae

Genus:  |

Nicida

W.T. Blanford, 1868

Synonyms

* Diplommatina (Nicida) W. T. Blanford, 1869

Nicida is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.[1] These snails are restricted to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

Three species are recognized.[2]

## Species

* Nicida anamallayana (Beddome, 1875)
* Nicida catathymia (Sykes, 1898)
* Nicida ceylanica (Beddome, 1875)
* Nicida delectabilis (Preston, 1905)
* Nicida fairbanki (Blanford, 1868)
* Nicida kingiana (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861)
* Nicida lankaensis (Preston, 1905)
* Nicida liricincta (Blanford, 1868)
* Nicida nilgirica (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1860)
* Nicida nitidula (Blanford, 1868)
* Nicida pedronis (Beddome, 1875)
* Nicida prestoni (Sykes, 1897)
* Nicida pulneyana (Blanford, 1868)
* Nicida subovata (Beddome, 1875)

## References

1. ↑ "Taxon details - Nicida W.T. Blanford, 1868". WoRMS. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995229.
2. ↑ Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B. (2006). The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research, and Conservation. ISBN 9789558177518. https://books.google.com/books?id=KpSwBAAAQBAJ&q=Nicida&pg=PA99. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

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