''Costigo'' is a
genus of minute, air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial 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 includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s or
micromolluscs in the family
Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Costigo O. Boettger, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875182 on 2020-09-22]
Species
Species within the genus ''Costigo'' include:
* ''
Costigo calamianica
''Costigo'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Costigo O. Boettger, 1891. Accessed throug ...
''
(Möllendorff, 1898)
* ''
Costigo desmazuresi
''Costigo'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Costigo O. Boettger, 1 ...
''
(Crosse, 1873)
* ''
Costigo saparuana
''Costigo'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Costigo O. Boettger, 1891. Accessed throug ...
''
(Boettger, 1891)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Costigo borbonica''
(H. Adams, 1868): synonym of ''
Gibbulinopsis pupula
''Gibbulinopsis'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Pupillidae.
The species of this genus are found in Asia, Africa, Australia.
Species:
*''Gibbulinopsis cryptodon''
*''Gibbulinopsis fontana''
*''Gibbulinopsis gracilis''
*'' ...
''
(Deshayes, 1863) (junior synonym)
* ''Costigo moleculina''
van Benthem Jutting, 1940: synonym of ''
Pupisoma moleculina
''Pupisoma'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupisoma Stoliczka, 1873. Accessed through: World Register ...
''
(van Benthem Jutting, 1940) (original combination)
* ''Costigo pulvisculum''
(Issel, 1874): synonym of ''
Pupisoma pulvisculum
''Pupisoma'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pupisoma Stoliczka, 1873. Accessed through: World Regis ...
''
(Issel, 1874) (superseded combination)
References
* Crosse, H., 1873. ''Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum.'' Journal de Conchyliologie 21: 136-144
* Bank, R. A. (2017). ''Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World.'' Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
*
Boettger, O. (1891). Ad. Strubell´s Konchylien aus Java II und von den Molukken. Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. 1891: 241-318, pl. 3-4
Vertiginidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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