Streptostyla

Streptostyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Testacelloidea
Family: Spiraxidae
Subfamily: Streptostylinae
Genus: Streptostyla
Shuttleworth, 1852[1]
Diversity
55 species in Central America[2] + some more in South America

Streptostyla is a genus of predatory, air-breathing, land snails. They are terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

Streptostyla is the type genus of the subfamily Streptostylinae.

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Streptostyla include Mexico, Central America, Cuba and Venezuela.[2]

Species

There are five[2] subgenera in the genus Streptostyla and species within the genus Streptostyla include:

subgenus Streptostyla Shuttleworth, 1852

with oliviform shell

with coniform shell

with turgida shell

with physaeform shell

with aplectiform shell

with subturrite shell

subgenus Chersomitra Von Martens, 1860 includes six species:[2]

subgenus Eustreptostyla H. B. Baker, 1927 includes five species:[2]

subgenus Peteniella Pilsbry, 1907 includes two species:[2]

subgenus Rectoleacina Pilsbry, 1907[3] from Cuba[2]

synonyms:

References

  1. ^ Shuttleworth R. J. S. (1852). Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern 1852: 203.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA". "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)". accessed 18 January 2011.
  3. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1907). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology 19: 142.
  4. ^ Perez A. M. (1996). Streptostyla wani. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.