Allopeas

Allopeas, common name the "awl snails", is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.

== Species == The genus Allopeas includes the following species: Allopeas acmella (Morelet, 1885) † Allopeas agnolini Miquel, 2024 Allopeas brevispira (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904) Allopeas cavernicola (Annandale & Chopra, 1924) Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) - spike awlsnail Allopeas franzhuberi Thach, 2021 Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834) - graceful awlsnail - type species Allopeas hedeius (Mabille, 1887) Allopeas heudei (Pilsbry, 1906) Allopeas latebricola (Reeve, 1849) Allopeas mariae (Jousseaume, 1894) Allopeas micra (d'Orbigny, 1835) Allopeas myrmekophilos R. Janssen, 2002 Allopeas prestoni (Sykes, 1898) Allopeas pusillum (H. Adams, 1867) Allopeas recisa (Morelet, 1885) Allopeas satsumense (Pilsbry, 1906) Allopeas subula (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) Allopeas sykesi (Pilsbry, 1906) Synonyms: Allopeas gracilis [sic]: synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet) Allopeas javanicum (Reeve, 1849): synonym of Paropeas achatinaceum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (junior synonym) Allopeas layardi (W. H. Benson, 1863): synonym of Eutomopeas layardi (W. H. Benson, 1863) (unaccepted combination) Allopeas mauritianum (Pfeiffer, 1852) - Mauritian awlsnail: synonym of Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (junior subjective synonym) Allopeas oparanum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) Allopeas pyrgiscus (L. Pfeiffer, 1861): synonym of Allopeas gracile (T. Hutton, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym) Allopeas pyrgula (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891): synonym of Opeas pyrgula Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891 (superseded combination)