WoRMS taxon details
Dicharax Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900
1039734 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1039734)
accepted
Genus
Alycaeus hebes W. H. Benson, 1857 accepted as Dicharax hebes (W. H. Benson, 1857) (type by subsequent designation)
Alycaeus (Charax) W. H. Benson, 1859 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Charax...)
invalid: junior homonym of Charax Risso, 1826 [Pisces]; Dicharax is a replacement name
Alycaeus (Dicharax) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900 · unaccepted (original rank)
Awalycaeus Kuroda, 1951 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Chamalycaeus (Cipangocharax) Kuroda, 1943 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Chamalycaeus (Dicharax) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chamalycaeus (Sigmacharax) Kuroda, 1943 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cipangocharax Kuroda, 1943 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Dicharax abdoui Páll-Gergely, 2017
- Species Dicharax abei (Kuroda, 1951)
- Species Dicharax admirandus Páll-Gergely & Auffenberg, 2021
- Species Dicharax akhaensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax akioi (Kuroda & Abe, 1980)
- Species Dicharax akiratadai (Minato, 1982)
- Species Dicharax alticola Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017
- Species Dicharax ananensis (Yano, Tada & H. Matsuda, 2013)
- Species Dicharax anonymus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax anthostoma (Möllendorff, 1885)
- Species Dicharax asaluensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax aspidentatus E. Gittenberger, Choki Gyeltshen & Sherub Sherub, 2024
- Species Dicharax ataranensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax avae (W. T. Blanford, 1863)
- Species Dicharax barowliensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax bawai Aravind & Páll-Gergely, 2018
- Species Dicharax bhucarinatus E. Gittenberger & Sherub Sherub, 2024
- Species Dicharax bhudepressus E. Gittenberger, Choki Gyeltshen & Kezang Tobgay, 2024
- Species Dicharax bicrenatus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
- Species Dicharax biexcisus (Pilsbry, 1902)
- Species Dicharax bifrons (Theobald, 1870)
- Species Dicharax birugosus (Godwin-Austen, 1893)
- Species Dicharax bison Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017
- Species Dicharax bjiminaensis E. Gittenberger & Choki Gyeltshen, 2024
- Species Dicharax blanfordi (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax borealis Jirapatrasilp & Páll-Gergely, 2021
- Species Dicharax burchi Jirapatrasilp & Páll-Gergely, 2021
- Species Dicharax burroiensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax candrakirana Nurinsiyah & Hausdorf, 2017
- Species Dicharax caudapiscis Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2018
- Species Dicharax chennelli (Godwin-Austen, 1886)
- Species Dicharax conicus (Godwin-Austen, 1871)
- Species Dicharax crassicollis (van Benthem Jutting, 1959)
- Species Dicharax crassipalatum E. Gittenberger & Sherub Sherub, 2024
- Species Dicharax crenatus (Godwin-Austen, 1871)
- Species Dicharax crispatus (Godwin-Austen, 1871)
- Species Dicharax cristatus (Möllendorff, 1886)
- Species Dicharax cucullatus (Theobald, 1870)
- Species Dicharax cyclophoroides (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)
- Species Dicharax cyclostoma Páll-Gergely, 2021
- Species Dicharax daflaensis (Godwin-Austen, 1876)
- Species Dicharax dalingensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax damsangensis (Godwin-Austen, 1886)
- Species Dicharax depressus (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1912)
- Species Dicharax devraivasi Bhosale, Thackeray, Yadav & Khandekar, 2025
- Species Dicharax diagonius (Godwin-Austen, 1871)
- Species Dicharax digitatus (H. F. Blanford, 1871)
- Species Dicharax diminutus (Heude, 1885)
- Species Dicharax diplochilus (Möllendorff, 1887)
- Species Dicharax dohertyi (Godwin-Austen, 1893)
- Species Dicharax dolichodeiros (Heude, 1890)
- Species Dicharax draco Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017
- Species Dicharax duoculmen (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax duorugosus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax ebrius Páll-Gergely & Auffenberg, 2021
- Species Dicharax edei (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax elevatus (Heude, 1886)
- Species Dicharax ellipticus Páll-Gergely, 2017
- Species Dicharax expanstoma (Minato, 1982)
- Species Dicharax expatriatus (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1860)
- Species Dicharax fargesianus (Heude, 1885)
- Species Dicharax fimbriatus (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1912)
- Species Dicharax floridus Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2022
- Species Dicharax footei (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861)
- Species Dicharax fraterculus (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900)
- Species Dicharax gemma (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax gemmula (W. H. Benson, 1859)
- Species Dicharax generosus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax glaber (W. T. Blanford, 1865)
- Species Dicharax globulus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
- Species Dicharax gnomus Páll-Gergely, 2021
- Species Dicharax habiangensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax hebes (W. H. Benson, 1857)
- Species Dicharax humilis (W. T. Blanford, 1862)
- Species Dicharax imitator Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017
- Species Dicharax immaculatus Páll-Gergely, 2017
- Species Dicharax ingrami (W. T. Blanford, 1862)
- Species Dicharax itonis (Kuroda, 1943)
- Species Dicharax jaintiacus (Godwin-Austen, 1871)
- Species Dicharax japonicus (E. von Martens, 1865)
- Species Dicharax kezamaensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax khasiacus (Godwin-Austen, 1871)
- Species Dicharax kiuchii (Minato & Abe, 1982)
- Species Dicharax kosztarabi Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2022
- Species Dicharax kurodatokubeii (Minato, 1987)
- Species Dicharax kurozumitaijii H. Matsuda & Yano, 2024
- Species Dicharax kurzianus (Theobald & Stoliczka, 1872)
- Species Dicharax lahupaensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax lectus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax lenticulus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
- Species Dicharax levis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax logtakensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax longituba (E. von Martens, 1864)
- Species Dicharax lunabulbus E. Gittenberger, Choki Gyeltshen & Kezang Tobgay, 2024
- Species Dicharax magnus (Godwin-Austen, 1893)
- Species Dicharax maosmaiensis (Godwin-Austen, 1922)
- Species Dicharax microcostatus Páll-Gergely, 2017
- Species Dicharax microdiscus (Möllendorff, 1887)
- Species Dicharax micropolitus Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017
- Species Dicharax mirounga Páll-Gergely, 2021
- Species Dicharax miyazakii (Takahashi & T. Habe, 1973)
- Species Dicharax moellendorffi (Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897)
- Species Dicharax montanus (G. Nevill, 1881)
- Species Dicharax multirugosus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
- Species Dicharax muspratti (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax mutatus (Godwin-Austen, 1876)
- Species Dicharax nagaensis (Godwin-Austen, 1871)
- Species Dicharax nakashimai (Minato, 1987)
- Species Dicharax nattoungensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax nishii (Minato, 2005)
- Species Dicharax nitidus (W. T. Blanford, 1862)
- Species Dicharax nongtungensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax notatus (Godwin-Austen, 1876)
- Species Dicharax notus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax nowgongensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax obscurus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax ochraceus (Godwin-Austen, 1893)
- Species Dicharax okamurai (M. Azuma, 1980)
- Species Dicharax okinawaensis (K. Uozumi, A. Yamamoto & T. Habe, 1979)
- Species Dicharax oligopleuris (Möllendorff, 1887)
- Species Dicharax omissus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax oshimanus (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)
- Species Dicharax ovatus Páll-Gergely & Auffenberg, 2021
- Species Dicharax pachitaensis (Godwin-Austen, 1886)
- Species Dicharax panhai Jirapatrasilp & Páll-Gergely, 2021
- Species Dicharax panshiensis (D.-N. Chen, 1989)
- Species Dicharax parvulus (Möllendorff, 1887)
- Species Dicharax peilei (Preston, 1914)
- Species Dicharax placenovitas (Minato, 1981)
- Species Dicharax planorbulus (Heude, 1885)
- Species Dicharax plectocheilus (W. H. Benson, 1859)
- Species Dicharax plicilabris (Möllendorff, 1886)
- Species Dicharax politus (W. T. Blanford, 1865)
- Species Dicharax pongrati Jirapatrasilp & Tongkerd, 2021
- Species Dicharax pratatensis (Panha & Burch, 1998)
- Species Dicharax purus (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)
- Species Dicharax pusillus (Godwin-Austen, 1871)
- Species Dicharax rechilaensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax robustus Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017
- Species Dicharax sajodentatus E. Gittenberger & Choki Gyeltshen, 2024
- Species Dicharax sandowayensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax sculpturus (Godwin-Austen, 1875)
- Species Dicharax serratus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
- Species Dicharax shiibaensis (Minato, 2005)
- Species Dicharax shiosakimasahiroi (Yano, H. Matsuda & Nishi, 2016)
- Species Dicharax spatiosus Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2022
- Species Dicharax spiracellum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Species Dicharax stoliczkii (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
- Species Dicharax strangulatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Species Dicharax strigatus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)
- Species Dicharax stuparum Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2018
- Species Dicharax subculmen (Godwin-Austen, 1893)
- Species Dicharax subhumilis (Möllendorff, 1897)
- Species Dicharax subroseus Páll-Gergely, 2021
- Species Dicharax succineus (W. T. Blanford, 1862)
- Species Dicharax sylheticus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax tadai (Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956)
- Species Dicharax takahashii (T. Habe, 1976)
- Species Dicharax tanegashimae (Pilsbry, 1902)
- Species Dicharax tangmaiensis (D.-N. Chen & G.-Q. Zhang, 2001)
- Species Dicharax theobaldi (W. T. Blanford, 1862)
- Species Dicharax tokunoshimanus (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)
- Species Dicharax trashidentatus E. Gittenberger, Choki Gyeltshen & Kezang Tobgay, 2024
- Species Dicharax tsushimanus (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)
- Species Dicharax umbiclausus E. Gittenberger, Choki Gyeltshen & Kezang Tobgay, 2024
- Species Dicharax umbonalis (W. H. Benson, 1856)
- Species Dicharax vanderbijli E. Gittenberger & Choki Gyeltshen, 2024
- Species Dicharax verrucosus Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2021
- Species Dicharax vestitus (W. T. Blanford, 1862)
- Species Dicharax vitreus E. Gittenberger & Kezang Tobgay, 2024
- Species Dicharax woodthorpei (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
- Species Dicharax yanoshigehumii (Minato, 1987)
- Species Dicharax yanoshokoae (Yano & H. Matsuda, 2016)
- Species Dicharax zhemdentatus E. Gittenberger & Choki Gyeltshen, 2024
- Species Dicharax canaliculatus (Möllendorff, 1894) accepted as Chamalycaeus canaliculatus (Möllendorff, 1894) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Dicharax crenulatus (W. H. Benson, 1859) accepted as Metalycaeus crenulatus (W. H. Benson, 1859) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Dicharax davisi (Godwin-Austen, 1914) accepted as Dicharax cucullatus (Theobald, 1870) (junior synonym)
- Species Dicharax neglectus (Heude, 1885) accepted as Metalycaeus rathouisianus (Heude, 1882) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Dicharax neglectus (Godwin-Austen, 1914) accepted as Metalycaeus godwinausteni Páll-Gergely, 2020 (invalid: senior homonym of Alycaeus neglectus Heude, 1885)
- Species Dicharax prosectus (W. H. Benson, 1857) accepted as Metalycaeus prosectus (W. H. Benson, 1857) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Dicharax rugosus (Godwin-Austen, 1914) accepted as Metalycaeus rugosus (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Dicharax stylifer (W. H. Benson, 1857) accepted as Metalycaeus stylifer (W. H. Benson, 1857) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Dicharax teriaensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914) accepted as Metalycaeus teriaensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Dicharax toruputuensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914) accepted as Metalycaeus toruputuensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Dicharax woodthorpi (Godwin-Austen, 1914) accepted as Dicharax woodthorpei (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
masculine
(of Alycaeus (Dicharax) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900) Kobelt, W. & Möllendorff, O. von. (1900). Zur Systematik der Pneumonopomen. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 32(11-12): 186., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15598533
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dicharax Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039734 on 2025-06-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Awalycaeus Kuroda, 1951) Kuroda, T. (1951). On Awalycaeus abei, gen. et sp. nov. (Cyclophoridae)(The Celebration Number of Mr. T. Kanamaru's 60th Birthday). <em>Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology).</em> 17(3): 73-74.
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original description (of Chamalycaeus (Cipangocharax) Kuroda, 1943) Kuroda, T. (1943). New Land Shells from Tyugoku District (1) : A New Species belonging to a New Subgenus of the Genus Chamalycaeus. <em>Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology).</em> 13(1-4): 7-11.
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original description (of Chamalycaeus (Sigmacharax) Kuroda, 1943) Kuroda, T. (1943). New Land Shells from Tyugoku District (1) : A New Species belonging to a New Subgenus of the Genus Chamalycaeus. <em>Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology).</em> 13(1-4): 7-11.
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original description (of Alycaeus (Charax) W. H. Benson, 1859) Benson, W. H. (1859). A sectional distribution of the genus <i>Alycæus</i>, Gray, with characters of six new species and of other Cyclostomidæ collected at Darjiling by W. T. Blanford, Esq., Geol. Survey. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 3.</em> 3: 176–184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2317897
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original description (of Alycaeus (Dicharax) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900) Kobelt, W. & Möllendorff, O. von. (1900). Zur Systematik der Pneumonopomen. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 32(11-12): 186., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15598533
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original description (of Chamalycaeus (Cipangocharax) Kuroda, 1943) Kuroda, T. (1943). New Land Shells from Tyugoku District (1) : A New Species belonging to a New Subgenus of the Genus Chamalycaeus. <em>Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology).</em> 13(1-4): 7-11.
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original description (of Chamalycaeus (Sigmacharax) Kuroda, 1943) Kuroda, T. (1943). New Land Shells from Tyugoku District (1) : A New Species belonging to a New Subgenus of the Genus Chamalycaeus. <em>Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology).</em> 13(1-4): 7-11.
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original description (of Alycaeus (Charax) W. H. Benson, 1859) Benson, W. H. (1859). A sectional distribution of the genus <i>Alycæus</i>, Gray, with characters of six new species and of other Cyclostomidæ collected at Darjiling by W. T. Blanford, Esq., Geol. Survey. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 3.</em> 3: 176–184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2317897
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original description (of Alycaeus (Dicharax) Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900) Kobelt, W. & Möllendorff, O. von. (1900). Zur Systematik der Pneumonopomen. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 32(11-12): 186., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15598533
page(s): 186 [details]
Other
additional source
Páll-Gergely, B., Sajan, S., Tripathy, B., Meng, K., Asami, T. & Ablett, J.D. (2020). Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalog. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 981: 1–220., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/53583/
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additional source Páll-Gergely, B., Ruthensteiner, B., Harl, J., Magonyi, N.M., Asami, T., Krizsik, K., Schwaha, T. & Fehér, Z. (2024). Recurrent evolution of breathing microtunnel system in terrestrial operculate snails (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 202: zlae158 [12 December]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae158 [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Gude, G. K. (1921). Mollusca. III. Land Operculates. Cyclophoridae, Truncatellidae, Assimineidae, Helicinidae.). In: Shipley, A. E. & Marshall, G. A. K. (eds.):. <em>The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma.</em> I–XIV, 386 pp. London (Taylor & Francis)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38194487
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additional source Páll-Gergely, B., Ruthensteiner, B., Harl, J., Magonyi, N.M., Asami, T., Krizsik, K., Schwaha, T. & Fehér, Z. (2024). Recurrent evolution of breathing microtunnel system in terrestrial operculate snails (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 202: zlae158 [12 December]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae158 [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Gude, G. K. (1921). Mollusca. III. Land Operculates. Cyclophoridae, Truncatellidae, Assimineidae, Helicinidae.). In: Shipley, A. E. & Marshall, G. A. K. (eds.):. <em>The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma.</em> I–XIV, 386 pp. London (Taylor & Francis)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38194487
page(s): 236. [details]