Nicida

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

^ "Taxon details - Nicida W.T. Blanford, 1868". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
^ Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B. (2006). The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research, and Conservation. ISBN 9789558177518. Retrieved 25 February 2019.