Ellobium
Introduction '''''Ellobium''''' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae. ''Ellobium'' is the type genus of the family Ellobiidae.shells of ''Ellobium pyramidale''
Species Species within the genus ''Ellobium'' include:* ''Ellobium abollenense'' (Fontannes, 1877) †* ''Ellobium aurisjudae'' (Linnaeus, 1758)* ''Ellobium aurismidae''  (Linnaeus, 1758)* ''Ellobium boriesi'' (Plaziat, 1970) †* ''Ellobium chinense'' (Pfeiffer, 1864)* ''Ellobium citharellaeforme'' Wenz, 1922 †* ''Ellobium dominicense'' (Férussac, 1821)* ''Ellobium gangeticum'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)* ''Ellobium gaziense'' (Preston, 1913)* ''Ellobium grateloupi'' (Tournouër, 1871) †* ''Ellobium hanleyanum'' (Gassies, 1869)* ''Ellobium heberti'' (Vasseur, 1881) †* ''Ellobium incrassatum'' (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)* ''Ellobium koerti'' Huckriede, 1967 †* ''Ellobium lorteti'' (Fontannes, 1876) †* ''Ellobium namneticum'' (Vasseur, 1881) †* ''Ellobium oblongum'' (Deshayes, 1830) †* ''Ellobium olivaeforme'' (Briart & Cornet, 1887) †* ''Ellobium pontileviense'' (de Morgan, 1917) †* ''Ellobium pyramidale'' Sowerby, 1822* ''Ellobium requienii'' (Matheron, 1843) †* ''Ellobium roberti'' (de Morgan, 1917) †* ''Ellobium scheepmakeri'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1850)* ''Ellobium scotinum'' (Cossmann, 1902) †* ''Ellobium semisculptum'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854* ''Ellobium simplex'' (Cossmann, 1895) † (taxon inquirendum)* ''Ellobium stagnale'' (d'Orbigny, 1835)* ''Ellobium strangulatum'' (de Morgan, 1917) †* ''Ellobium subjudae'' (A. d'Orbigny, 1852) †* ''Ellobium subnodosum'' (Metcalfe, 1851)* ''Ellobium tornatelliforme'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)* ''Ellobium vicentinum'' (Fuchs, 1870) †;Species brought into synonymy:* ''Ellobium australe'' Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Placostylus fibratus'' (Martyn, 1784)* ''Ellobium barbadense'' Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Melampus coffea'' (Linnaeus, 1758)* ''Ellobium dactylus'' (Pfeiffer, 1854): synonym of ''Ellobium aurisjudae'' (Linnaeus, 1758)* ''Ellobium durlstonense'' Arkell, 1941 †: synonym of ''Juramarinula durlstonensis'' (Arkell, 1941) † (new combination)* ''Ellobium gangetica'' sic: synonym of ''Ellobium gangeticum'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)* ''Ellobium grande'' (Briart & Cornet, 1887) †: synonym of ''Semiauricula grandis'' (Briart & Cornet, 1887) † (new combination)* ''Ellobium labrosum'' Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Ellobium aurisjudae'' (Linnaeus, 1758)* ''Ellobium midae'' Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Ellobium aurismidae'' (Linnaeus, 1758)* ''Ellobium oparicum'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of ''Auriculastra oparica'' (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) (original combination)* ''Ellobium semiplicatum'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of ''Auriculastra semiplicata'' (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) (original combination)* ''Ellobium subtile'' Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Ellobium aurisjudae'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
References * Raven H. & Vermeulen J.J. (2007). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore. 2.A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Vita Malacologica. 4: 29-62
External links *  Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91. *   Martins, A. M. de F. (1996) ''Anatomy and systematics of the Western Atlantic Ellobiidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)''. Malacologia 37: 163-332*  Australian Biological Resources Study*  Note on one of the species