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Napaeus Encaustus
''Napaeus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Napaeus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762701 on 2021-08-31 Distribution ''Napaeus'' is endemic to the Macaronesia ecoregion: Azores and List of non-marine molluscs of the Canary Islands, Canary Islands.Allgaier C. (2007). "Active Camouflage with Lichens in a Terrestrial Snail, ''Napaeus'' (''N.'') ''barquini'' Alonso and Ibáñez, 2006 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae)". ''Zoological Science'' 24(9): 869–876. . Species There are three recognized subgenera, ''Macaronapaeus'' Kobelt, 1899, ''Napaeus'' Albers, 1850 and ''Napaeinus'' Hesse, 1933. Species within the genus ''Napaeus'' include 18 species on the Tenerife, 17 species on the La Gomera and others. Additionally, 11 new species from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Christian Albers
Johann Christian Albers (13 March 1795, Bremen – September 1857, Stuttgart) was a German physician and malacologist. During his career, he served as ''Medicinalrath'' and ''Regierungsrath'' in Berlin. As a zoologist, he was the taxonomic authority of the land snail family Orthalicidae and of numerous land snail genera, including: '' Napaeus'', ''Diaphera'', ''Amphidromus'', '' Scutalus'', ''Drymaeus'' and ''Opeas''. In the field of medicine, Albers published an edition from Karl August Wilhelm Berends' "''Vorlesungen über die praktische Arzneiwissenschaft''" ("Lectures on practical medical science") with the title "''Handbuch der Nervenkrankheiten''" (1840). Principal works * ''Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet'', 1850 – The helicids by natural affinity, arranged systematically. * ''Malacographia Maderensis sive enumeratio molluscorum...'', 1854 – Malacography of Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |