Giffordius is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.

Giffordius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Subfamily: Polygyrinae
Genus: Giffordius
Pilsbry, 1930[1]

The two known species, found on Isla de Providencia (or Old Providence), were named after the early conservationist and politician, Gifford Pinchot and his wife, Cornelia, whose expedition discovered them.[2] These snails are unusual among polygyrids in being ovoviviparous rather than oviparous.[3]

Species

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The genus Giffordius contains the following species:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1930). "Notes and News". Nautilus 43(4): 142.
  2. ^ Miller C. (2001). Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism. Island Press: p. 300.
  3. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1940). "Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)". Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, 1(2): 577.