Streptostyla
Streptostyla is a genus of predatory, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Subfamily: | Streptostylinae |
Genus: | Streptostyla Shuttleworth, 1852[1] |
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55 species in Central America + some more in South America |
Streptostyla is the type genus of the subfamily Streptostylinae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Streptostyla includes Mexico, Central America, Cuba and Venezuela.[2]
Species
There are five[2] subgenera in the genus Streptostyla. Species within the genus Streptostyla include:
Subgenus Streptostyla Shuttleworth, 1852
with oliviform shell
- Streptostyla clavatula Ancey, 1903[2]
- Streptostyla cylindracea (Pfeiffer, 1846)[2]
- Streptostyla gabbi Pilsbry, 1907[2]
- Streptostyla irrigua (Shuttleworth, 1852)[2]
- Streptostyla lattrei (Pfeiffer, 1845)[2]
- Streptostyla novoleonis Pilsbry, 1899[2]
- Streptostyla palmeri Dall, 1905[2]
- Streptostyla potosiana Dall, 1905[2]
- Streptostyla shuttleworthi (Pfeiffer, 1856)[2]
with coniform shell
- Streptostyla conulus Von Martens, 1891[2]
- Streptostyla gracilis Pilsbry, 1907[2]
- Streptostyla streptostyla (Pfeiffer, 1846) - type species[2]
with turgida shell
- Streptostyla chiriquiana Von Martens, 1901[2]
- Streptostyla costaricensis Da Costa, 1904[2]
- Streptostyla labida (Morelet, 1851)[2]
- Streptostyla obesa Von Martens, 1891[2]
- Streptostyla turgidula (Pfeiffer, 1856)[2]
- Streptostyla nebulosa Dall, 1896[2]
- Streptostyla sumichrasti Ancey, 1903[2]
- Streptostyla vancegreenei Jacobson, 1966[2]
- Streptostyla viridula Angas, 1879[2]
with physaeform shell
- Streptostyla biconica Pfeiffer, 1856[2]
- Streptostyla binneyana Crosse & Fischer 1869[2]
- Streptostyla crassa Strebel, 1877[2]
- Streptostyla delibuta (Morelet, 1851)[2]
- Streptostyla flavescens (Shuttleworth, 1852)[2]
- Streptostyla fulvida Crosse & Fischer, 1869[2]
- Streptostyla glandiformis Crosse & Fischer, 1869[2]
- Streptostyla oblonga (Pfeiffer, 1856)[2]
- Streptostyla plicatula Strebel, 1977[2]
- Streptostyla thomsoni Ancey, 1888[2]
- Streptostyla valerioi Rehder, 1942[2]
- Streptostyla ventricosula (Morelet, 1849)[2]
with aplectiform shell
- Streptostyla boyeriana Crosse & Fischer, 1869[2]
- Streptostyla dysoni (Pfeiffer, 1846)[2]
- Streptostyla jacobsoni Pilsbry, 1951[2]
- Streptostyla meridana (Morelet, 1849)[2]
- Streptostyla propinqua Thompson, 1963[2]
- Streptostyla sololensis Crosse & Fischer, 1869[2]
- Streptostyla vexans Strebel, 1877[2]
with subturrite shell
- Streptostyla mohriana (Pfeiffer, 1862)[2]
- Streptostyla pilsbryi Richards, 1937[2]
- Streptostyla sargi Crosse & Fischer, 1869[2]
Subgenus Chersomitra Von Martens, 1860 includes six species:[2]
- Streptostyla chiapensis Pilsbry, 1909[2]
- Streptostyla limneiformis (Shuttleworth, 1852)[2]
- Streptostyla lurida (Shuttleworth, 1852)[2]
- Streptostyla mitraeformis (Shuttleworth, 1852)[2]
- Streptostyla nigricans (Pfeiffer, 1845)[2]
- Streptostyla physodes (Shuttleworth, 1852)[2]
Subgenus Eustreptostyla H. B. Baker, 1927 includes five species:[2]
- Streptostyla nicoleti (Shuttleworth, 1852)[2]
- Streptostyla bartschi Dall, 1908[2]
- Streptostyla jilitlana Dall, 1908[2]
- Streptostyla toyuca Dall, 1908[2]
- Streptostyla supracostata Pilsbry, 1910[2]
Subgenus Peteniella Pilsbry, 1907 includes two species:[2]
Subgenus Rectoleacina Pilsbry, 1907[3] from Cuba[2]
synonyms:
- Streptostyla wani Jaconson, 1968[4] is a synonym for Euglandina wani (Jacobson, 1968)[2]
References
- Shuttleworth R. J. S. (1852). Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern 1852: 203.
- Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA". "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)". accessed 18 January 2011.
- Pilsbry H. A. (1907). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology 19: 142.
- Perez A. M. (1996). Streptostyla wani. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.