Laemodonta

Laemodonta is a genus of small air-breathing, saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.

Description
(Description as Plecotrema) The solid shell has an ovate-conic shape and is umbilicated. The acute spire is elevated. The oblong aperture is contracted. The inner lip shows three plaits, the middle one bifid. The outer lip has a marginal varix and is internally bidentate.

Species
Species within the genus Laemodonta include:
 * Laemodonta bella (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)
 * Laemodonta blaisei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905)
 * † Laemodonta blesensis (Tournouër, 1870) †
 * † Laemodonta bourgeoisi (Tournouër, 1870) †
 * Laemodonta clausa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
 * Laemodonta cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1854)
 * † Laemodonta delaunayi (Tournouër, 1870) †
 * Laemodonta exaratoides Kawabe, 1992
 * Laemodonta hirsuta (Garrett, 1872)
 * Laemodonta livida Perugia, 2010
 * Laemodonta madagascariensis Bozzetti, 2007
 * Laemodonta minuta (Möllendorff, 1885)
 * Laemodonta monilifera (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
 * Laemodonta oblonga Jickeli, 1874
 * Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845)
 * Laemodonta punctatostriata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
 * Laemodonta punctigera (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
 * Laemodonta rapax (Dohrn, 1860)
 * Laemodonta siamensis (Morelet, 1875)
 * † Laemodonta striata (Förster, 1888) †
 * Laemodonta typica (H. & A. Adams, 1854)


 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Laemodonta affinis (Férussac, 1821) : synonym of Pedipes affinis Férussac, 1821
 * Laemodonta amplicatus C. F. Jickeli, 1874 : synonym of Pedipes amplicatus (C. F. Jickeli, 1874)
 * Laemodonta bronni' (sic)': synonym of Allochroa bronnii'' (Philippi, 1846)
 * Laemodonta ciliata (Tate, 1879) : synonym of Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845)
 * Laemodonta conica (Pease, 1863) : synonym of Allochroa layardi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)
 * Laemodonta exarata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) synonym of Melampus exaratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
 * Laemodonta exigua (H. Adams, 1867) : synonym of Laemodonta bella (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855)
 * Laemodonta striata (Philippi, 1846) : synonym of Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845)