''Streptostyla'' is a
genus
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of
predatory
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, air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
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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 ...
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the subfamily
Streptostylinae of the family
Spiraxidae
Spiraxidae is a family (biology), family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the superfamily Testacelloidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxon ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostyla Shuttleworth, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996759 on 2022-06-30]
''Streptostyla'' is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
of the subfamily Streptostylinae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Streptostyla'' includes
Mexico
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, Central America,
Cuba
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and
Venezuela
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.
[Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008)]
"AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA"
accessed 18 January 2011.
Species
There are four
subgenera in the genus ''Streptostyla''. Species within the genus ''Streptostyla'' include:
Subgenus ''Streptostyla'' Shuttleworth, 1852
with oliviform shell
* ''
Streptostyla clavatula'' Ancey, 1903
* ''
Streptostyla cylindracea'' (Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Streptostyla gabbi'' Pilsbry, 1907
* ''
Streptostyla irrigua'' (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Streptostyla lattrei'' (Pfeiffer, 1845)
* ''
Streptostyla novoleonis'' Pilsbry, 1899
* ''
Streptostyla palmeri'' Dall, 1905
* ''
Streptostyla potosiana'' Dall, 1905
* ''
Streptostyla shuttleworthi'' (Pfeiffer, 1856)
with coniform shell
* ''
Streptostyla conulus'' Von Martens, 1891
* ''
Streptostyla gracilis'' Pilsbry, 1907
* ''
Streptostyla streptostyla'' (Pfeiffer, 1846) - type species
with turgida shell
* ''
Streptostyla chiriquiana'' Von Martens, 1901
* ''
Streptostyla costaricensis'' Da Costa, 1904
* ''
Streptostyla labida'' (Morelet, 1851)
* ''
Streptostyla obesa'' Von Martens, 1891
* ''
Streptostyla turgidula'' (Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Streptostyla nebulosa'' Dall, 1896
* ''
Streptostyla sumichrasti'' Ancey, 1903
* ''
Streptostyla vancegreenei'' Jacobson, 1966
* ''
Streptostyla viridula'' Angas, 1879
with physaeform shell
* ''
Streptostyla biconica'' Pfeiffer, 1856
* ''
Streptostyla binneyana'' Crosse & Fischer 1869
* ''
Streptostyla crassa'' Strebel, 1877
* ''
Streptostyla delibuta'' (Morelet, 1851)
* ''
Streptostyla flavescens'' (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Streptostyla fulvida'' Crosse & Fischer, 1869
* ''
Streptostyla glandiformis'' Crosse & Fischer, 1869
* ''
Streptostyla oblonga'' (Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Streptostyla plicatula'' Strebel, 1977
* ''
Streptostyla thomsoni'' Ancey, 1888
* ''
Streptostyla valerioi'' Rehder, 1942
* ''
Streptostyla ventricosula'' (Morelet, 1849)
with aplectiform shell
* ''
Streptostyla boyeriana'' Crosse & Fischer, 1869
* ''
Streptostyla dysoni'' (Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Streptostyla jacobsoni'' Pilsbry, 1951
* ''
Streptostyla meridana'' (Morelet, 1849)
* ''
Streptostyla propinqua'' Thompson, 1963
* ''
Streptostyla sololensis'' Crosse & Fischer, 1869
* ''
Streptostyla vexans'' Strebel, 1877
with subturrite shell
* ''
Streptostyla mohriana'' (Pfeiffer, 1862)
* ''
Streptostyla pilsbryi'' Richards, 1937
* ''
Streptostyla sargi'' Crosse & Fischer, 1869
Subgenus ''
Chersomitra'' Von Martens, 1860 includes six species:
* ''
Streptostyla chiapensis'' Pilsbry, 1909
* ''
Streptostyla limneiformis'' (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Streptostyla lurida'' (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Streptostyla mitraeformis'' (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Streptostyla nigricans'' (Pfeiffer, 1845)
* ''
Streptostyla physodes'' (Shuttleworth, 1852)
Subgenus ''
Eustreptostyla'' H. B. Baker, 1927 includes five species:
* ''
Streptostyla nicoleti'' (Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Streptostyla bartschi'' Dall, 1908
* ''
Streptostyla jilitlana'' Dall, 1908
* ''
Streptostyla toyuca'' Dall, 1908
* ''
Streptostyla supracostata'' Pilsbry, 1910
Subgenus ''
Peteniella'' Pilsbry, 1907 includes two species:
* ''
Streptostyla catenata
''Streptostyla'' is a genus of predatory, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Streptostylinae of the family Spiraxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostyla Shutt ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Streptostyla ligulata'' (Morelet, 1849)
synonyms:
* ''Streptostyla bicolor''
E. von Martens, 1901: synonym of ''
Pittieria bicolor''
(E. von Martens, 1901) (original combination)
* ''Streptostyla blandiana''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of ''Streptostyla streptostyla coniformis''
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''Streptostyla bocourti''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of ''Streptostyla lurida''
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''Streptostyla botteriana''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1869: synonym of ''Streptostylella botteriana''
(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1869) (original combination)
* ''Streptostyla cingulata''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of ''Streptostyla irrigua cingulata''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868 (original rank)
* ''Streptostyla cornea''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of ''Streptostyla meridana cobanensis''
(Tristram, 1861)
* ''Streptostyla coxeni''
Richards, 1938: synonym of ''
Myxastyla coxeni''
(Richards, 1938) (original combination)
* ''Streptostyla edwardsiana''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of ''Streptostyla lattrei edwardsiana''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868 (original rank)
* ''Streptostyla flavescens''
S. I. da Costa, 1900: synonym of ''Streptostyla chiriquiana''
E. von Martens, 1901 (junior secondary homonym; ''S. chiriquiana'' is a replacement name)
* ''Streptostyla sallei''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of ''Streptostyla lattrei sallei''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868 (original rank)
* ''Streptostyla sumichrasti''
Dautzenberg, 1908: synonym of ''Streptostyla sumichrasti''
Ancey, 1903 (homonym and synonym)
* ''Streptostyla tabiensis''
Pilsbry, 1891: synonym of ''
Orizosoma tabiensis''
(Pilsbry, 1891) (unaccepted combination)
* ''Streptostyla wani'' Jaconson, 1968
is a synonym for ''
Euglandina wani'' (Jacobson, 1968)
References
External links
Baker, H. B. (1927). The type of Streptostpla Shuttleworth (Streptostyla). The Nautilus. 41(1): 21.
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Spiraxidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Gastropod genera