Giffordius

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

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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

The genus Giffordius contains the following species:

  • Giffordius corneliae
  • Giffordius pinchotii
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See also

References

  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.


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