Godwinia

Godwinia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Oxychilidae.

Godwinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Gastrodontoidea
Family:
Oxychilidae
Subfamily:
Godwiniinae
Genus:
Godwinia

Sykes, 1900

Godwinia is the type genus of the subfamily Godwiniinae.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to Hawaii.

Species

Species within the genus Godwinia include:

  • Godwinia caperata (Gould, 1864)
  • Godwinia haupuensis (C. M. Cooke, 1921)
  • Godwinia newcombi (Reeve, 1854)

References


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