Delos (gastropod)

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

Delos
Delos coresia in New Zealand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Rhytididae
Subfamily:	Rhytidinae
Genus:	Delos Hutton, 1904[1]
Type species
Zonites coresia J. E. Gray, 1850
Species[2]
Delos coresia (J. E. Gray, 1850) Delos jeffreysiana (Reeve, 1852) Delos oualanensis (Pease, 1866) Delos regia Climo, 1973 Delos striata Climo, 1973
Synonyms[2]
Delos (Delos) F. W. Hutton, 1904 Elaea F. W. Hutton, 1883 (not Elaea Stål, 1877) Rhenea F. W. Hutton, 1893

Species

Species within the genus Delos include:

• Delos ceresia
• Delos coresia
• Delos gardineri (E. A. Smith, 1897)^[3]
• Delos gradata
• Delos jeffreysiana
• Delos oualanensis
• Delos regia
• Delos striata

References

1. Hutton F. H. (1904). Three new generic names for Mollusca. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 461.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Delos F. W. Hutton, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820914 on 28 June 2024
3. Barker, G. (2020). "Delos gardineri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T195520A176232042. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T195520A176232042.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.