Geostilbia is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae.[1]
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| Shell of Geostilbia sheilae (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Ferussaciidae |
| Genus: | Geostilbia Crosse, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Geostilbia caledonica Crosse, 1867 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cecilioides (Geostilbia) Crosse, 1867 | |
Species
editThe genus Geostilbia includes the following species:
- Geostilbia aperta (Swainson, 1840)
- Geostilbia blandiana Crosse, 1886
- Geostilbia comorensis Morelet, 1883
- Geostilbia mariei Crosse, 1880
- Geostilbia moellendorffi Pilsbry, 1908
- Geostilbia philippinensis (Semper, 1874)
- Geostilbia philippinica Möllendorff, 1890
- Geostilbia sheilae Groh, 2015
- Species brought into synonymy
- Geostilbia caledonica Crosse, 1867: synonym of Geostilbia gundlachi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
- Geostilbia gundlachi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850): synonym of Geostilbia aperta (Swainson, 1840)
- Geostilbia stuhlmanni E. von Martens, 1897: synonym of Nothapalus stuhlmanni (E. von Martens, 1897) (original combination)
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Geostilbia Crosse, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833808 on 2015-02-16
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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