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Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi. Streptaxidae are carnivorous except for one species ''Edentulina moreleti'', which is herbivorous. All streptaxids have well-developed radula, except ''Careoradula perelegans'', which is the only known terrestrial gastropod without radula. Altogether 66 species from the family Streptaxidae are listed in the 2010 ''IUCN Red List''. Distribution The historical area of origin of the Streptaxidae is probably Gondwanaland.Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 328: 1-60abstractPDF
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Adolph Cornelis Van Bruggen
Adolph Cornelis 'Dolf' van Bruggen (9 July 1929 – 3 June 2016)Breure A. S. H. (5 June 2016"A.C. (Dolf) van Bruggen (1929-2016)" Bram's snailblog, accessed 5 June 2016. was a Dutch malacologist, entomologist, and botanist. His interest in the tropics and tropical Africa has dominated his broad scientific interest for more than 50 years now. He was an expert especially in the land snail families Streptaxidae, Achatinidae and Maizaniidae. As of 2008, he had authored some 655 scientific publications. Early years Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen was born on 9 July 1929, the eldest son of A.C. van Bruggen, Sr. and A.C.G. van Bruggen-van Eyk Bijleveld. He spent his youth in The Hague. Natural history and particularly animals always caught his attention. His father was a high-ranked civil servant at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie was administered by that ministry at the time, and when he graduated from the Gymnasium Haganum in The ...
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Edentulina Moreleti
''Edentulina moreleti'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution ''Edentulina moreleti'' is endemic to the Seychelles.Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 328: 1-60. page 47abstractPDF
The type locality for this species is . It also occurs on Mahé.
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List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Seychelles
The non-marine molluscs of Seychelles are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Seychelles. Freshwater gastropods Paludomidae * '' Paludomus ajanensis'' Morelet, 1860 Land gastropods Streptaxidae - There are 20 species of Streptaxidae on the Seychelles.Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 328: 1-60abstractPDF
Seven genera of Streptaxidae are endemic to the Seychelles: '' Stereostele'', '' Imperturbatia'', ''

Careoradula Perelegans
''Careoradula perelegans'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. ''Careoradula perelegans'' is the only species in the genus ''Careoradula''. The generic name ''Careoradula'' consist of Latin word "careo", that means "lacking" and the word radula. Distribution ''Careoradula perelegans'' is endemic to the Seychelles.Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of ''Diaphera'' Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 160: 1-16. . Description The shape of the shell is discoidal. The shell has 6-8 whorls. there are regular ribs on the shell. The umbilicus is open. The width of the shell is 4.4-6.1 mm. The height of the shell is 1.9-3.1 mm. The body color is pale yellow. Digestive syste ...
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Gonospira Uvula
''Gonospira uvula'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution This species is endemic to Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island .... References * Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185. External links Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, ParisCrosse, H. (1863). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 11(4): 388–389. Gonospira Gastropods ...
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List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Madagascar
The non-marine molluscs of Madagascar are a part of the molluscan fauna of Madagascar (wildlife of Madagascar). In tropical rainforests of Madagascar, there is high diversity of species of terrestrial gastropods and many species has low population density, so many of them are "extremely rare". About 50% of land snails in Madagascar are related to land snails in Africa. Freshwater gastropods Pachychilidae the genus '' Madagasikara'' is endemic to Madagascar, 5 species * ''Madagasikara spinosa'' (Lamarck, 1822) – the previously used name ''Melanatria fluminea'' being not valid, endemic * ''Madagasikara madagascariensis'' (Grateloup, 1840) – endemic * ''Madagasikara johnsoni'' (E. A. Smith, 1882) – endemic * ''Madagasikara vivipara'' Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010 – endemic * ''Madagasikara zazavavindrano'' Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010 – endemic * ''Madagasikara vazimba'' Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2010 – endemic Planorbidae – there are 4 species of ''Bulinus:. * '' Bulinu ...
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List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of India
The non-marine molluscs of India are a part of the molluscan fauna of India. There are 5070 species of marine and non-marine molluscs living in the wild in India. There are 3371 species of marine molluscs in India.Aravind N. A., Rajshekhar K. P. & Madhaystha N. A''Patterns of Land Snail Distribution in the Western Ghats'' last change 10 October 2006, accessed 1 March 2009. There are 1671 species of non-marine molluscs living in the wild in India. This includes 1488 terrestrial species in 140 genera and 183 freshwater species in 53 genera. There are a total of species of gastropods, which breaks down to ?? species of freshwater gastropods, and 1488 species of land gastropods, plus ?? species of bivalves living in the wild. ;Summary table of number of species Freshwater gastropods Neritidae * '' Neripteron auriculatum'' (Lamarck, 1816)'' * '' Neripteron violaceum'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Neritina pulligera'' (Linnaeus, 1767)(file created 29 July 2010FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SP ...
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List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Réunion
The non-marine molluscs of Réunion are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean. Freshwater gastropods Ampullariidae * ''Pomacea canaliculata'' (Lamarck, 1819) Assimineidae * '' Paludinella hidalgoi'' (Gassies, 1869) Lymnaeidae * '' Lymnaea natalensis'' Krauss, 1848 * '' Lantzia carinata'' – synonym ''Erinna carinata'' – endemic Neritidae * '' Clithon coronatus'' (Leach, 1815) * '' Neripteron bensoni'' (Récluz, 1850) * '' Neripteron simoni'' Prashad, 1921 * ''Neritilia rubida'' (Pease, 1865) – synonym: ''Neritilia consimilis'' (Martens, 1879) * '' Neritina gagates'' (Lamarck, 1822) * '' Septaria borbonica'' (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1803) Physidae * ''Physa acuta'' (Drapanaud, 1805) Planorbidae * '' Bulimus cernicus'' (Morelet, 1875) * ''Gyraulus mauritianus'' (Morelet, 1876) * ''Helisoma duryi'' (Waterby, 1879) Thiaridae * ''Melanoides tuberculata'' (Müller, 1774) * ''Thiara amarula'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Thiara scabra'' (Mül ...
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List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of Mauritius
The non-marine molluscs of Mauritius are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Mauritius. The Outer islands of Mauritius includes Cargados Carajos, Rodrigues and the Agalega Islands. Freshwater gastropods Assimineidae * ''Omphalotropis hieroglyphica'' Potiez & Michaud, 1838 – endemic, in salt marshes Planorbidae * '' Africanogyrus rodriguezensis'' (Crosse, 1873) – endemic * ''Bulinus cernicus'' Morelet, 1867 * ''Gyraulus mauritianus'' Morelet – endemic Land gastropods Pomatiidae * ''Tropidophora articulata'' (Gray, 1834) – endemic * ''Tropidophora michaudi'' Grateloup, 1840 – endemic Achatinellidae * ''Elasmias cernicum'' Benson, 1850 * '' Elasmias jaurffreti'' Madge, 1946 – endemic Euconulidae * ''Colparion madgei'' Laidlaw, 1938 – extinct, was endemic to Mauritius * ''Ctenophila caldwelli'' Benson, 1859 – endemic * ''Dancea rodriguezensis'' – endemic * ''Dupontia levis'' Godwin-Austen, 1908 – endemic * ''Dupontia perlucida'' Adams, 1867 * ''Dupo ...
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Pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includes many land and freshwater families, and several marine families. The taxon Pulmonata as traditionally defined was found to be polyphyletic in a molecular study per Jörger ''et al.'', dating from 2010. Pulmonata are known from the Carboniferous Period to the present. Pulmonates have a single atrium and kidney, and a concentrated, symmetrical, nervous system. The mantle cavity is located on the right side of the body, and lacks gills, instead being converted into a vascularised lung. Most species have a shell, but no operculum, although the group does also include several shell-less slugs. Pulmonates are hermaphroditic, and some groups possess love darts. Linnean taxonomy The taxonomy of this group according to the taxonomy of the Ga ...
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Taxonomy Of The Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in 2005 by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is a system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks. (Gastropods are a taxonomic class of animals which consists of snails and slugs of every kind, from the land, from freshwater, and from saltwater.) The paper setting out this taxonomy was published in the journal ''Malacologia''. The system encompasses both living and extinct groups, as well as some fossils whose classification as gastropods is uncertain. The Bouchet & Rocroi system was the first complete gastropod taxonomy that primarily employed the concept of clades, and was derived from research on molecular phylogenetics; in this context a clade is a "natural grouping" of organisms based upon a statistical cluster analysis. In contrast, most of the previous overall taxonomic schemes for gastropods relied on morphological features to classify these animals, and used taxon ranks such as order, superorder ...
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