Tortulosa

Tortulosa is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pupinidae.[1] These snails are restricted to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.[2]

Tortulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Cyclophoroidea
Family:
Pupinidae
Subfamily:
Pupinellinae
Genus:
Tortulosa

Gray, 1847
Synonyms
  • Cataulus L. Pfeiffer, 1851
  • Perlisia Tomlin, 1948
  • Tortulosa (Eucataulus) Kobelt, 1902
  • Tortulosa (Tortulosa) Gray, 1847

34 species are recognized.[3][4][5]

Species
  • Tortulosa albescens (Blanford, 1880)
  • Tortulosa aurea (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa austeniana (Benson 1853)
  • Tortulosa barnaclei Tomlin 1928
  • Tortulosa blanfordi (Dohrn, 1862)
  • Tortulosa calcadensis (Blanford, 1869)
  • Tortulosa colletti (Sykes, 1898)
  • Tortulosa congener (Sykes, 1905)
  • Tortulosa connectens (Fulton, 1903)
  • Tortulosa costulata (Blanford, 1880)
  • Tortulosa cumingi (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa decora (Benson, 1853)
  • Tortulosa duplicate (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa eurytrema (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa greeni (Sykes, 1899)
  • Tortulosa haemastoma (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa hartleyi Tomlin 1928
  • Tortulosa huberi Thach, 2018
  • Tortulosa layardi (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa leucocheilus (A. Adams & Sowerby, 1866)
  • Tortulosa marginata (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa naggsi Raheem & S. Schneider, 2017 - extinct
  • Tortulosa nevilli (Sykes, 1898)
  • Tortulosa nietneri (Nevill, 1871)
  • Tortulosa presoni (Sykes, 1905)
  • Tortulosa pyramidata (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa recurvata (Pfeiffer, 1862)
  • Tortulosa rugosa (Fulton, 1903)
  • Tortulosa schileykoi Thach & F. Huber, 2018
  • Tortulosa smithi (Sykes, 1905)
  • Tortulosa sykesi (Fulton, 1903)
  • Tortulosa templemani (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa thwaitesi (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa tortuosa (Gray, 1825)

References
  1. "Tortulosa Gray, 1847". itis. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B. (2006). The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research, and Conservation. ISBN 9789558177518. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. "Taxon details - Tortulosa Gray, 1847 9". WoRMS. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. "Family: PUPINIDAE". WMSD. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. "Shell Encyclopedia". conchology. Retrieved 25 February 2019.


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