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Bourciera , after whom it was named. It is also known to occur in Peru.
''Bourciera'' is a genus of neotropical terrestrial gastropod mollusks or land snails in the family Helicinidae. All species in the genus have an operculum. In 1907, an attempt was made to rename the genus ''Pseudhelicina'', sometimes corrected to ''Pseudohelicina,'' on the basis of the fact that ''Bourciera'' was also the name of a genus of birds, but according to MolluscaBase this replacement was unnecessary and ''Bourciera'' is still used. H. Burrington Baker considered ''Bourciera'' among the most primitive of terrestrial mollusks. Distribution The genus was initially described from Ecuador based on specimens collected by Jules Bourcier Claude Marie Jules Bourcier (19 February 1797 – 9 March 1873) was a French naturalist and expert on hummingbirds.Prosopo ... < ...
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Bourciera Fraseri
''Bourciera'' is a genus of neotropical terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or land snails in the family Helicinidae. All species in the genus have an Operculum (gastropod), operculum. In 1907, an attempt was made to rename the genus ''Pseudhelicina'', sometimes corrected to ''Pseudohelicina,'' on the basis of the fact that ''Bourciera'' was also the name of a genus of birds, but according to MolluscaBase this replacement was unnecessary and ''Bourciera'' is still used. H. Burrington Baker considered ''Bourciera'' among the most primitive of terrestrial mollusks. Distribution The genus was initially described from Ecuador based on specimens collected by Jules Bourcier, after whom it was named. It is also known to occur in Peru. Species Species within the genus ''Bourciera'' include: * ''Bourciera fraseri'' Pfeiffer 1859 * ''Bourciera helicinaeformis'' Pfeiffer 1853 * ''Bourciera striatula'' Miller 1879 * ''Bourciera viridissima'' Miller 1879Miller, Konrad ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |