Suboestophora is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Trissexodontidae, within the Helicoidea.[2] It is found in Spain.
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| Apical, apertural and umbilical view of a shell of Suboestophora hispanica. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Suboestophora Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962[1]
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| Diversity | |
| 6-7 species | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Suboestophora include:
- Suboestophora altamirai (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962)[2][3]
- Suboestophora boscae (Hidalgo, 1869)[2][3]
- Suboestophora ebria Corbella i Alonso, 2004[3]
- Suboestophora gasulli (Ortiz de Zárate Rocandio & Ortiz de Zárate López, 1961)[2][3] (synonym: Gasullia gasulli (Ortiz de Zárate Rocandio & Ortiz de Zárate López, 1961))
- Suboestophora hispanica (Gude, 1910) - type species[2][3]
- Suboestophora jeresae (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962)[2][3]
- Suboestophora kuiperi (Gasull, 1966)[2][3]
- Suboestophora tarraconensis (Aguilar-Amat, 1935)[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Ortiz de Zárate López A. (1962) "Observaciones anatómicas y posición sistemática de varios helícidos españoles. V. Género Oestophora Hesse, 1907". Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Biología) 60: 81-104.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Suboestophora Ortiz de Zarate Lopez 1962". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Species in genus Suboestophora" (n=8). AnimalBase, accessed 13 January 2011.