Solaropsis

Solaropsis, also known by the common name sundial snails or sun snails, is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Solaropsidae.

Distribution
Distribution of Solaropsis include:

Central America:
 * Costa Rica

South America:
 * Colombia
 * Bolivia
 * Guyana
 * Brazil
 * northeastern Argentina

Species
Species within the genus Solaropsis include:
 * Solaropsis alcobacensis Salvador & Simone, 2015
 * Solaropsis amazonica (Pfeiffer, 1854)
 * Solaropsis andicola L. Pfeiffer
 * Solaropsis anguicula (Hupé, 1853)
 * Solaropsis angulifera F. Haas, 1955
 * Solaropsis anomala Pilsbry, 1957
 * Solaropsis bachi Ihering, 1900
 * Solaropsis brasiliana (Deshayes, 1831)
 * Solaropsis caperata F. S. Silva, Mendes-Júnior & Simone, 2022
 * Solaropsis castelnaudii (Hupé & Deville, 1850)
 * Solaropsis catenifera L. Pfeiffer, 1854
 * Solaropsis cearana (F. Baker, 1914)
 * Solaropsis chicomendesi Cuezzo & I. Fernández, 2001
 * Solaropsis cicatricata Beck, 1837
 * Solaropsis cousini Jousseaume, 1887
 * Solaropsis derbyi (Ihering, 1900)
 * Solaropsis diplogonia (Dohrn, 1882)
 * Solaropsis elaps Dohrn, 1882
 * Solaropsis fairchildi Bequaert & Clench, 1938
 * Solaropsis feisthameli (Hupé, 1853)
 * Solaropsis gibboni (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
 * Solaropsis heliaca (d’Orbigny, 1835)
 * Solaropsis incarum (Philippi, 1869)
 * Solaropsis inornata Haas, 1951
 * Solaropsis johnsoni Pilsbry, 1933
 * Solaropsis juruana (Ihering, 1905)
 * Solaropsis leopoldina (Strubel, 1895)
 * Solaropsis marmatensis L. Pfeiffer
 * Solaropsis monile (Broderip, 1832)
 * Solaropsis monolacca (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
 * Solaropsis nimbus (Simone, 2010)
 * Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831)
 * Solaropsis palizae Weyrauch, 1956
 * Solaropsis pascalia (Cailliaud, 1857)
 * Solaropsis pellisboae (Hupé, 1853)
 * Solaropsis penthesileae Salvador, 2021
 * Solaropsis pilsbryi Ihering, 1900
 * Solaropsis pizarro (Pilsbry, 1944)
 * Solaropsis planior (Pilsbry, 1889)
 * Solaropsis praestans L. Pfeiffer, 1854
 * Solaropsis punctata (Wagner, 1827)
 * Solaropsis rosarium (Pfeiffer, 1849)
 * Solaropsis rugifera Dohrn, 1882
 * Solaropsis selenostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1854
 * Solaropsis serpens (Spix, 1827)
 * Solaropsis tiloriensis (Angas, 1879)
 * Solaropsis trigonostoma Haas, 1934
 * Solaropsis undata (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Solaropsis undata F. Haas, 1966 (homonymy: a secondary junior homonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786) . There is no recognized synonym or substitute name available, and a replacement name may be necessary if the species is confirmed to be valid).
 * Solaropsis venezuelensis Preston, 1909
 * Solaropsis vipera (Pfeiffer, 1859)


 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Solaropsis catenulata (Ancey, 1890) : synonym of Solaropsis marmatensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
 * * Solaropsis kuhni L. Pfeiffer: synonym of Solaropsis nubeculata (Deshayes, 1831)
 * Solaropsis paravicinii Ancey, 1897 : synonym of Solaropsis heliaca (d'Orbigny, 1835)
 * Solaropsis pellisserpentis Chemnitz : synonym of Solaropsis undata ([Lightfoot], 1786)

Ecology
Solaropsis lives in rain forests.

Solaropsis aff. fairchildi has been found to feed on flesh meat in the laboratory.