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Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora. Streptaxidae are monophyletic while all subfamilies and several genera are polyphyletic. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi. Streptaxidae are carnivorous except for one species '' Edentulina moreleti'', which is herbivorous. All streptaxids have well-developed radula, except '' Careoradula perelegans'', which is the only known terrestrial gastropod without radula. Altogether 66 species from the family Streptaxidae are listed in the 2010 ''IUCN Red List''. Distribution The historical area of origin of the Streptaxidae is probably Gondwanaland.Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". '' Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 328: 1-60abstract
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Adolph Cornelis Van Bruggen
Adolph Cornelis 'Dolf' van Bruggen (9 July 1929 – 3 June 2016)Breure A. S. H. (5 June 2016"A.C. (Dolf) van Bruggen (1929–2016)". Bram's snailblog, accessed 5 June 2016. was a Dutch malacologist, entomologist, and botanist. His interest in the tropics and tropical Africa dominated his broad scientific interest for more than five decades. He was an expert especially in the land snail families Streptaxidae, Achatinidae and Maizaniidae. he had authored some 655 scientific publications. Early years Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen was born on 9 July 1929, the eldest son of A.C. van Bruggen, Sr. and A.C.G. van Bruggen-van Eyk Bijleveld. He spent his youth in The Hague. Natural history and particularly animals always caught his attention. His father was a high-ranked civil servant at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands), Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie was administered by that ministry at the time, and when he ...
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List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Seychelles
The non-marine molluscs of Seychelles are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Seychelles. Freshwater gastropods Paludomidae * '' Paludomus ajanensis'' Morelet, 1860 Land gastropods Streptaxidae - There are 20 species of Streptaxidae on the Seychelles.Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 328: 1-60abstractPDF
Seven genera of Streptaxidae are endemic to the Seychelles: '' Stereostele'', '' Imperturbatia'', ''

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Edentulina Moreleti
''Edentulina moreleti'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution ''Edentulina moreleti'' is Endemism, endemic to List of non-marine molluscs of the Seychelles, the Seychelles.Gerlach J. & Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen, Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 328: 1-60. page 47abstractPDF
The type locality (biology), type locality for this species is Silhouette Island. It also occurs on Mahé, Seychelles, Mahé. Up to 1999 there were only 34 known specimens in collections.


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The species gives live birth rather than laying eggs. The new ...
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Careoradula Perelegans
''Careoradula perelegans'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. ''Careoradula perelegans'' is the only species in the genus ''Careoradula''. The generic name ''Careoradula'' consist of Latin word "careo", that means "lacking" and the word radula. Distribution ''Careoradula perelegans'' is endemic to the Seychelles.Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of ''Diaphera'' Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 160: 1-16. . Description The shape of the shell is discoidal. The shell has 6-8 whorls. there are regular ribs on the shell. The umbilicus is open. The width of the shell is 4.4-6.1 mm. The height of the shell is 1.9-3.1 mm. The body color is pale yellow. Digestive syst ...
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List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Madagascar
The non-marine molluscs of Madagascar are a part of the molluscan fauna of Madagascar (wildlife of Madagascar). In tropical rainforests of Madagascar, there is high diversity of species of terrestrial gastropods and many species has low population density, so many of them are "extremely rare". About 50% of land snails in Madagascar are related to land snails in Africa. Freshwater gastropods Pachychilidae the genus '' Madagasikara'' is endemic to Madagascar, 5 species * '' Madagasikara spinosa'' (Lamarck, 1822) – the previously used name ''Melanatria fluminea'' being not valid, endemic * '' Madagasikara madagascariensis'' ( Grateloup, 1840) – endemic * '' Madagasikara johnsoni'' (E. A. Smith, 1882) – endemic * '' Madagasikara vivipara'' Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010 – endemic * '' Madagasikara zazavavindrano'' Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010 – endemic * '' Madagasikara vazimba'' Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010 – endemic Planorbidae – there are 4 species of ''Bulinus'':. * ...
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Gonospira Uvula
''Gonospira uvula'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution This species is Endemism, endemic to List of non-marine molluscs of Réunion, Réunion. References * Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185. External links Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, ParisCrosse, H. (1863). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 11(4): 388–389.
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Pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includes many land and freshwater families, and several marine families. The taxon Pulmonata as traditionally defined was found to be polyphyletic in a molecular study per Jörger ''et al.'', dating from 2010. Pulmonata are known from the Carboniferous period to the present. Pulmonates have a single atrium and kidney, and a concentrated symmetrical nervous system. The mantle cavity is on the right side of the body, and lacks gills, instead being converted into a vascularised lung. Most species have a shell, but no operculum, although the group does also include several shell-less slugs. Pulmonates are hermaphroditic, and some groups possess love darts. Linnean taxonomy The taxonomy of this group according to the taxonomy of the Gastrop ...
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Taxonomy Of The Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in 2005 by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is a system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks (Gastropods are a taxonomic class of animals which consists of snails and slugs of every kind, from the land, from freshwater, and from saltwater). The paper setting out this taxonomy was published in the journal '' Malacologia''. The system encompasses both living and extinct groups, as well as some fossils whose classification as gastropods is uncertain. The Bouchet & Rocroi system was the first complete gastropod taxonomy that primarily employed the concept of clades, and was derived from research on molecular phylogenetics; in this context a clade is a "natural grouping" of organisms based upon a statistical cluster analysis. In contrast, most of the previous overall taxonomic schemes for gastropods relied on morphological features to classify these animals, and used taxon ranks such as order, superorder ...
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Stylommatophora
Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael Schrödl and Ellen E. Strong. 2017. Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families'. Malacologia, 61(1-2): 1-526. of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. This taxon includes most land snails and slugs. Stylommatophorans lack an operculum, but some close their shell apertures with temporary "operculum" ( epiphragm) made of calcified mucus. They have two pairs of retractile tentacles, the upper pair of which bears eyes on the tentacle tips. All stylommatophorans are hermaphrodites. The two strong synapomorphies of Stylommatophora are a long pedal gland placed beneath a membrane and two pairs of retractile tentacles. Stylommatophora are known from the Cretaceous period up to the present day. A molecular clock estimate puts the origin of the ...
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Annals And Magazine Of Natural History
The ''Journal of Natural History'' is a scientific journal published by Taylor & Francis focusing on entomology and zoology. The journal was established in 1841 under the name ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.'') and obtained its current title in 1967. The journal was formed by the merger of '' Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History'' (1828–1840) and the ''Annals of Natural History'' (1838–1840; previously the ''Magazine of Zoology and Botany'', 1836–1838). In September 1855, the ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' published "On the Law which has Regulated the Introduction of New Species", a paper which Alfred Russel Wallace had written while working in the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo in February of that year."On the Law Which Has Reg ...
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Zoologische Verhandelingen
''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' was a Dutch scientific journal covering research in zoology. It was published between 1948 and 2002 by the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden Leiden ( ; ; in English language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Nethe .... All issues are available online. References External links * Zoology journals Academic journals established in 1948 Publications disestablished in 2002 Defunct journals Multilingual journals {{zoo-journal-stub ...
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