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Drymaeus
''Drymaeus'' is a large genus of medium-sized, air-breathing tropical land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod Mollusca, molluscs belonging to the subfamily Peltellinae within the family Bulimulidae. It is one of the most species richness, species-rich genera among Neotropical land mollusks, comprising approximately 300 species distributed from Florida through Central America, Central and South America. Taxonomy and etymology The name ''Drymaeus'' was first introduced by Johann Christian Albers in 1850 as a subgenus of ''Bulimus'' Bruguière, 1789. The name Word stem, stems from the greek word δρῦς (drys), meaning "tree" or "oak", the word ''drymaeus'' itself meaning "lives in the woods". The genus continues to be the subject of active taxonomic and evolutionary research. Currently, it is classified within the family Bulimulidae, a group of mostly arboreal snails in the superfamily Orthalicoidea. Historically, classification within ''Drymaeus'' has re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulimulidae
Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulidae Tryon, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549409 on 2020-06-27 Distribution Distribution of species in the family Bulimulidae includes Ecuador (9 genera) and other South American countries. Some species also occur in North America. Fossil record The family's oldest fossil record dates from the late Cretaceous of Brazil ( Itaboraí Basin). Anatomy Members of this family have a haploid chromosome number between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table).Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: ''Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology''. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs'. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, . 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drymaeus Strigatus
''Drymaeus strigatus'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae. Distribution * PeruBreure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' 84HTM. * Ecuador Description The living animal is brownish-beige, slightly darker just above the foot. The tentacles are whitish at the base and turning light-beige towards the eyes. References This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference Further reading * Pilsbry H. A. (1897-1898). "American Bulimulidae: ''Bulimulus'', ''Neopetraeus'', ''Oxychona'', and South American ''Drymaeus''". ''Manual of Conchology George Washington Tryon Jr. (20 May 1838 – 5 February 1888) was an American malacologist who worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Biography George Washington Tryon was the son of Edward K. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesembrinus
''Mesembrinus'' is a genus of tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Peltellinae of the family Bulimulidae. ''Mesembrinus'' was previously considered a subgenus of ''Drymaeus ''Drymaeus'' is a large genus of medium-sized, air-breathing tropical land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod Mollusca, molluscs belonging to the subfamily Peltellinae within the family Bulimulidae. It is one of the most ...'', but research published in 2023 has elevated the taxon to genus level. Species Currently, these species are included in ''Mesembrinus'': References Bulimulidae Gastropod genera Taxa described in 1850 {{Bulimulidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antidrymaeus
''Antidrymaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Peltellinae of the family Bulimulidae. ''Antidrymaeus'' was previously considered a subgenus of ''Drymaeus ''Drymaeus'' is a large genus of medium-sized, air-breathing tropical land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod Mollusca, molluscs belonging to the subfamily Peltellinae within the family Bulimulidae. It is one of the most ...'', but research published in 2023 has elevated the taxon to genus. Species Currently, these species are included in ''Antidrymaeus''. References Bulimulidae Gastropod genera Taxa described in 1907 {{Bulimulidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Christian Albers
Johann Christian Albers (13 March 1795, Bremen – September 1857, Stuttgart) was a German physician and malacologist. During his career, he served as ''Medicinalrath'' and ''Regierungsrath'' in Berlin. As a zoologist, he was the binomial authority, taxonomic authority of the land snail family Orthalicidae and of numerous land snail genera, including: ''Napaeus'', ''Diaphera'', ''Amphidromus'', ''Scutalus'', ''Drymaeus'' and ''Opeas''. In the field of medicine, Albers published an edition from Carl August Wilhelm Berends, Karl August Wilhelm Berends' "''Vorlesungen über die praktische Arzneiwissenschaft''" ("Lectures on practical medical science") with the title "''Handbuch der Nervenkrankheiten''" (1840). Principal works * ''Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet'', 1850 – The helicids by natural affinity, arranged systematically. * ''Malacographia Maderensis sive enumeratio molluscorum...'', 1854 – Malacography of Madeira, or an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arboreal
Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally (scansorial), but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose numerous mechanical challenges to animals moving through them and lead to a variety of anatomical, behavioral and ecological consequences as well as variations throughout different species. Cartmill, M. (1985). "Climbing". pp. 73–88 ''In'': Hildebrand, Milton; Bramble, Dennis M.; Liem, Karel F.; Wake, David B. (editors) (1985). ''Functional Vertebrate Morphology''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press. 544 pp. . Furthermore, many of these same principles may be applied to climbing without trees, such as on rock piles or mountains. Some animals are exclusively arboreal in habitat, such as tree snails. Biomechanics Arboreal habitats pose numerous mechanical challenges to animals moving in them, which have been solved in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long and wide (widest between 18th parallel south, 18°S and 20th parallel south, 20°S latitude) and has an average height of about . The Andes extend from south to north through seven South American countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, separated by intermediate depression (geology), depressions. The Andes are the location of several high plateaus—some of which host major cities such as Quito, Bogotá, Cali, Arequipa, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Sucre, Mérida, Mérida, Mérida, El Alto, and La Paz. The Altiplano, Altiplano Plateau is the world's second highest after the Tibetan Plateau. These ranges are in turn grouped into three majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributary, tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, as well as the territory of French Guiana. Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon rainforest, also known as Amazon rainforest, Amazonia. With a area of dense tropical forest, it is the largest rainforest in the world. Geography The Amazon River begins in the Andes, Andes Mountains at the west of the basin with its main tributary the Marañón River and Apurímac River, Apurimac River in Peru. The highest point in the Drainage divide, watershed of the Amazon is the second biggest peak of Yerupajá at . The Amazon River Basin occupies the entire central and eastern area of South America, lying to the east of the Andes mountain range and extending from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
