''Naesiotus'' is a

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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 inclu ...

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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, ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995859 on 17 February 2021 Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". '' Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology'' 141(1): 1–20. .

Species

Species within the genus ''Naesiotus'' include: * '' Naesiotus achatellinus'' (Forbes, 1850) * '' Naesiotus adelphus'' (Dall, 1917) * '' Naesiotus akamatus'' (Dall, 1917) * '' Naesiotus albemarlensis'' (Dall, 1917) * '' Naesiotus alethorhytidus'' (Dall, 1917) * '' Naesiotus altus'' (Dall, 1893) * '' Naesiotus amastroides'' (Ancey, 1887) * ''

Naesiotus andivagus ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' Weyrauch, 1956 * '' Naesiotus arnaldoi'' (Lanzieri & Rezende, 1971) * '' Naesiotus bambamarcaensis'' Weyrauch, 1960 * '' Naesiotus beldingi'' (Cooper, 1892) * ''

Naesiotus calchaquinus ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (Doering, 1879) * ''

Naesiotus calvus ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) * ''

Naesiotus canaliferus ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (Reibisch, 1893) * ''

Naesiotus carlucioi ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (Rezende & Lanzieri, 1963) * ''

Naesiotus catlowiae ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) * ''

Naesiotus cavagnaroi ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' A. G. Smith, 1972 * ''

Naesiotus cerrateae ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' Weyrauch, 1967 * ''

Naesiotus chemnitzioides ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (Forbes, 1850) * ''

Naesiotus christenseni ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (W. B. Miller & Reeder, 1984) * ''

Naesiotus cinerarius ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (Dall, 1917) * '' Naesiotus cosmicus'' (Mabille, 1895) * '' Naesiotus crepundius'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) * '' Naesiotus cutisculptus'' (Ancey, 1901) * '' Naesiotus deletangi'' (Parodiz, 1946) * '' Naesiotus dentifer'' (Mabille, 1895) * ''

Naesiotus durangoanus ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (E. von Martens, 1893) * '' Naesiotus elegantulus'' Weyrauch, 1956 * '' Naesiotus eos'' (Odhner, 1951) * '' Naesiotus eschariferus'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) * '' Naesiotus eudioptus'' (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897) * '' Naesiotus excelsus'' (Gould, 1853) * '' Naesiotus exornatus'' Reeve, 1849 * '' Naesiotus fernandezae'' Weyrauch, 1958 * '' Naesiotus gabbi'' (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1872) * '' Naesiotus galapaganus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) * '' Naesiotus geophilus'' Weyrauch, 1967 * '' Naesiotus gigantensis'' (Christensen & W. B. Miller, 1977) * '' Naesiotus gracillimus'' Weyrauch, 1956 * '' Naesiotus haasi'' Weyrauch, 1956 * '' Naesiotus haematospira'' (Pilsbry, 1900) * '' Naesiotus hannai'' (Pilsbry, 1927) * '' Naesiotus harribaueri'' (Jacobson, 1958) * '' Naesiotus jacobi'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) * '' Naesiotus laevapex'' (Christensen & W. B. Miller, 1977) * '' Naesiotus lopesi'' (Rezende, Lanzieri & Inada, 1972) * '' Naesiotus lycodus'' (Dall, 1917) * ''

Naesiotus milleri ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (Hoffman, 1987) * '' Naesiotus montezuma'' (Dall, 1893) * '' Naesiotus montivagus'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) * '' Naesiotus munsterii'' (d'Orbigny, 1837) * '' Naesiotus nigromontanus'' (Dall, 1897) * '' Naesiotus nuciformis'' (S.A.A. Petit De La Saussaye, 1853) (synonym: ''Bulimus nuciformis'' Petit, 1853) * '' Naesiotus nuculus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) * '' Naesiotus nux'' (Broderip, 1832) * '' Naesiotus ochsneri'' (Dall, 1917) * '' Naesiotus oxylabris'' (Doering, 1879) * '' Naesiotus pachys'' (Pilsbry, 1897) * '' Naesiotus pallidior'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) * '' Naesiotus pallidus'' (Reibisch, 1893) * '' Naesiotus pazianus'' (D'Orbigny, 1835) * '' Naesiotus perspectivus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) * '' Naesiotus pilsbryi'' Weyrauch, 1956 * '' Naesiotus pollonerae'' (Ancey, 1897) * '' Naesiotus quitensis'' (Pfeiffer, 1848) �

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Naesiotus reibischi ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (Dall, 1895) * '' Naesiotus rhabdotus'' (Haas, 1951) * '' Naesiotus rimatus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) * '' Naesiotus rivasii'' (d'Orbigny, 1837) * '' Naesiotus rocayanus'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) * '' Naesiotus rugatinus'' (Dall, 1917) * '' Naesiotus rugiferus'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) (synonym: ''Bulimus rugiferus'' Sowerby I, 1833) * '' Naesiotus rugulosus'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) * '' Naesiotus sculpturatus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) * ''

Naesiotus silvaevagus ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' Weyrauch, 1960 * '' Naesiotus spirifer'' (Gabb, 1868) * ''

Naesiotus stenogyroides ''Naesiotus stenogyroides'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae. Distribution ''Naesiotus stenogyroides'' is endemic to List of non-marine molluscs of Dominica, Dominica. ...

'' (Guppy, 1868) – endemic to

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Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". ''

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'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 * '' Naesiotus subcostatus'' (Haas, 1948)
* '' Naesiotus tanneri'' (Dall, 1895) * '' Naesiotus tarmensis'' Weyrauch, 1967 * '' Naesiotus trichodes'' (A.V.M.D. D'Orbigny, 1835) * '' Naesiotus turritus'' Weyrauch, 1967 * ''

Naesiotus unifasciatus ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) * '' Naesiotus ustulatus'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) * '' Naesiotus ventrosus'' (Reibisch, 1893) * '' Naesiotus veseyianus'' (Dall, 1893) * '' Naesiotus vestalis'' (Albers, 1854) * '' Naesiotus willinki'' Breure, 1978 * '' Naesiotus wolfi'' (Reibisch, 1893) * '' Naesiotus xantusi'' (Binney, 1861) * ''

Naesiotus zilchi ''Naesiotus'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

'' Weyrauch, 1956 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Naesiotus bicolor'' Weyrauch, 1967: synonym of '' Bostryx bicolor'' (Weyrauch, 1967) * ''Naesiotus chrysalis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of '' Protoglyptus chrysalis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) (unaccepted combination) * ''Naesiotus eudioptus'' (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897): synonym of '' Simpulopsis eudioptus'' (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897) (

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) * ''Naesiotus latecolumellaris'' Weyrauch, 1967: synonym of '' Bostryx latecolumellaris'' (Weyrauch, 1967) (original combination) * * ''Naesiotus luciae'' (Pilsbry, 1897)
synonym of '' Protoglyptus luciae'' (Pilsbry, 1897) * ''Naesiotus martinicensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of '' Protoglyptus martinicensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (unaccepted combination) * ''Naesiotus mazei'' (Crosse, 1874): synonym of '' Protoglyptus mazei'' (Crosse, 1874) (unaccepted combination) * ''Naesiotus pilosus'' (Guppy, 1871): synonym of '' Protoglyptus pilosus'' (Guppy, 1871) (unaccepted combination) * ''Naesiotus sanctaeluciae'' (E. A. Smith, 1889): synonym of '' Protoglyptus sanctaeluciae'' (E. A. Smith, 1889) (unaccepted combination)

Distribution

Distribution of the genus ''Naesiotus'' include Ecuador,

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

(1 species),

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

,Weyrauch W. K. (1956). "The Genus ''Naesiotus'' with descriptions of new species and notes on others Peruvian Bulimulidae". ''Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.'' 108: 1–17. ... Naesiotus sp from Ecuador

Human use

People are sometimes consuming them raw, but consumption of raw snails is not recommended because snails can be vector of number of parasites.

References

External links

Albers, J. C.; Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Ed. 2. Pp. i–xviii, 1–359. Leipzig: Engelman

Breure A. S. H. (1975). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, II. ''Plekocheilus'' and ''Naesiotus''"
'' Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands'' 46: 71–93, pls. 6–8, tables 8–14
Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065
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