Sheldonia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocyclidae. Sheldonia is the type genus of the subfamily Sheldoniinae.

Distribution

The distribution of this genus includes South Africa.

Species

Species within the genus Sheldonia include:

• Sheldonia aloicola (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)

• Sheldonia asthenes (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1907)

• Sheldonia caledonensis (Godwin-Austen, 1912)

• Sheldonia capsula (W. H. Benson, 1864)

• Sheldonia cotyledonis (W. H. Benson, 1850)

• Sheldonia crawfordi (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)

• Sheldonia fingolandensis D. G. Herbert, 2017

• Sheldonia hudsoniae (W. H. Benson, 1864)

• Sheldonia monsmaripi D. G. Herbert, 2016

• Sheldonia natalensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

• Sheldonia phytostylus (W. H. Benson, 1864)

• Sheldonia trotteriana (W. H. Benson, 1848)

• Sheldonia wolkbergensis D. G. Herbert, 2016

• Synonyms:

• Sheldonia fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892): synonym of Microkerkus fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)

• Sheldonia puzeyi Connolly, 1939: synonym of Kerkophorus puzeyi (Connolly, 1939) (original combination)

• Sheldonia poeppigiiL. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Kerkophorus poeppigii (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

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