{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image =Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.393629 - Elaphroconcha patens (Von Martens, 1898) - Dyakiidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg | image_caption =Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.393629 - Elaphroconcha patens (Von Martens, 1898) - Dyakiidae - Mollusc shell | taxon = Elaphroconcha | authority = Gude, 1911<ref name="Gude 1911">15px Gude G. P. L. K. (March 1911) "Note on some preoccupied molluscan generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae". ''Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London'' [https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofmal1941910211mala '''9''']: 269-. [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofmal1941910211mala#page/273/mode/1up page 273].</ref> }}
'''''Elaphroconcha''''' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae.
The generic name ''Elaphroconcha'' consist of Ancient Greek word ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) that means "light" and of Ancient Greek word κόγχη (konche) that means "shell" (conch).<ref name="Gude 1911"/>
==Species == The genus ''Elaphroconcha'' includes 10 species:<ref name="Tumpeesuwan">Tumpeesuwan C., Naggs F. & Panha S. (31 August 2007) "A new genus and new species of dyakiid snail (Pulmonata: Dyakiidae) from the Phu Phan range, northeastern Thailand". ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'' [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/journal552.php '''55'''(2)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722022417/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/journal552.php |date=July 22, 2009 }}: 363-369. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/55/55rbz363-369.pdf PDF]</ref>
* ''Elaphroconcha internota'' (E. Smith, 1898) - the type species * ''Elaphroconcha javacensis'' Férrusac, 1821 - [http://www.conchology.be/?t=27&family=DYAKIIDAE&species=Elaphroconcha%20javacensis photo] * ''Elaphroconcha patens'' E. von Martens, 1898
== Description == Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude described the genus like this:<ref name="Gude 1911"/>
{{cquote| Shell depressed, thin, fragile, translucent corneous, amber-coloured, dull above, polished below, finely striated, last whorl dilated towards aperture, more than twice the size of the penultimate whorl, impervious.}}
==References== This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.<ref name="Gude 1911"/> {{Reflist}}
== External links == * http://www.ne.jp/asahi/dexter/sinister/gallery/genera/Elaphroconcha.html
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Category:Dyakiidae Category:Taxa named by Gerard Kalshoven Gude