Naesiotus stenogyroides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Bulimulidae |
Genus: | Naesiotus |
Species: | N. stenogyroides
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Binomial name | |
Naesiotus stenogyroides | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Naesiotus stenogyroides is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
Naesiotus stenogyroides is endemic to Dominica. [2] It is restricted to higher localities. [2] It is very restricted in range and probably meet the IUCN-criteria of Critically Endangered species. [2]
This species was described from a single, incomplete shell that was subsequently lost during a fire which destroyed Guppy’s collection in Port of Spain. [3] [2] The true status of this taxon has been enigmatic since its description, as no additional material has been reported. [2] Breure (1974) [4] considered Bulimulus stenogyroides a nomen dubium. [2] The material recently collected in 2009 allowed to validate Guppy’s name. [2] It proves to belong to the genus Naesiotus, which has also been reported from neighbouring islands (Breure, 1975). [5] [2] A detailed study of the anatomy and a critical comparison with its congeners will be published later (Breure, in preparation). [2]
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [2]
Naesiotus stenogyroides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Bulimulidae |
Genus: | Naesiotus |
Species: | N. stenogyroides
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Binomial name | |
Naesiotus stenogyroides | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Naesiotus stenogyroides is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
Naesiotus stenogyroides is endemic to Dominica. [2] It is restricted to higher localities. [2] It is very restricted in range and probably meet the IUCN-criteria of Critically Endangered species. [2]
This species was described from a single, incomplete shell that was subsequently lost during a fire which destroyed Guppy’s collection in Port of Spain. [3] [2] The true status of this taxon has been enigmatic since its description, as no additional material has been reported. [2] Breure (1974) [4] considered Bulimulus stenogyroides a nomen dubium. [2] The material recently collected in 2009 allowed to validate Guppy’s name. [2] It proves to belong to the genus Naesiotus, which has also been reported from neighbouring islands (Breure, 1975). [5] [2] A detailed study of the anatomy and a critical comparison with its congeners will be published later (Breure, in preparation). [2]
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [2]