Naesiotus stenogyroides

Naesiotus stenogyroides is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.

Naesiotus stenogyroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Bulimulidae
Subfamily:
Bulimulinae
Genus:
Naesiotus
Species:
N. stenogyroides
Binomial name
Naesiotus stenogyroides
(Guppy, 1868)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Bulimulus stenogyroides Guppy, 1868

Distribution

Naesiotus stenogyroides is endemic to Dominica.[2] It is restricted to higher localities.[2] It is very restricted in range and probably meet the IUCN-criteria of Critically Endangered species.[2]

Description

This species was described from a single, incomplete shell that was subsequently lost during a fire which destroyed Guppy’s collection in Port of Spain.[3][2] The true status of this taxon has been enigmatic since its description, as no additional material has been reported.[2] Breure (1974)[4] considered Bulimulus stenogyroides a nomen dubium.[2] The material recently collected in 2009 allowed to validate Guppy’s name.[2] It proves to belong to the genus Naesiotus, which has also been reported from neighbouring islands (Breure, 1975).[5][2] A detailed study of the anatomy and a critical comparison with its congeners will be published later (Breure, in preparation).[2]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [2]

  1. Guppy R. J. L. (1868). "On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)1: 429-442. page 431.
  2. Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Dance S. P. (1966). Shell collecting. An illustrated history. 1-344, figs 1-31, pls. 1-35. Faber & Faber, London.
  4. Breure A. S. H. (1974). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, I. Bulimulus". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 45: 1-80, figs. 1-80, pls 1-7, tables 1-17.
  5. Breure A. S. H. (1975). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, II. Plekocheilus and Naesiotus". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 46: 71-93, pls. 6-8, tables 8-14.
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