Streptostyla

Streptostyla is a genus of predatory, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

Streptostyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Testacelloidea
Family:
Spiraxidae
Subfamily:
Streptostylinae
Genus:
Streptostyla

Diversity[2]
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]

  • Streptostyla catenata (Pfeiffer, 1856)[2]
  • Streptostyla ligulata (Morelet, 1849)[2]

Subgenus Rectoleacina Pilsbry, 1907[3] from Cuba[2]

synonyms:

References
  1. Shuttleworth R. J. S. (1852). Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern 1852: 203.
  2. 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.
  3. Pilsbry H. A. (1907). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology 19: 142.
  4. Perez A. M. (1996). Streptostyla wani. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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