''Bocourtia'' is a
genus
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of
tropical
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air-breathing
land snail
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s, a
pulmonate
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Bulimulinae
Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulidae Tr ...
of the family
Bulimulidae
Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulidae Tryon, ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bocourtia Rochebrune, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995854 on 2020-06-14]
Species
Species within the genus ''Bocourtia'' include:
* ''
Bocourtia aequatorius''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Bocourtia alauda''
(Hupé, 1857)
* ''
Bocourtia altorum''
(Haas, 1951)
* ''
Bocourtia angrandi''
(Morelet, 1860)
* ''
Bocourtia anthisanensis''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Bocourtia aquila''
(Reeve, 1848)
* ''
Bocourtia aurea''
(Breure, 1978)
* ''
Bocourtia badia''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
* ''
Bocourtia bicolor''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
* † ''
Bocourtia bonariensis
''Bocourtia'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae of the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bocourtia Rochebrune, 1882. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
Miquel, 2019
* ''
Bocourtia caliginosa''
(Reeve, 1849)
* ''
Bocourtia coagulata''
(Reeve, 1849)
* ''
Bocourtia confusa''
(Reeve, 1848)
* ''
Bocourtia costifer''
(Pilsbry, 1932)
* ''
Bocourtia costulata''
(Weyrauch, 1967)
* ''
Bocourtia cotopaxiensis''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Bocourtia culminea''
(d'Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Bocourtia cuzcoensis
''Bocourtia'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae of the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bocourtia Rochebrune, 1882. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(Weyrauch, 1967)
* ''
Bocourtia edwardsi
''Bocourtia'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae of the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bocourtia Rochebrune, 1882. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(Morelet, 1863)
* ''
Bocourtia filaris
''Bocourtia'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae of the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bocourtia Rochebrune, 1882. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Bocourtia gayi
''Bocourtia'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae of the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bocourtia Rochebrune, 1882. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''
Bocourtia hendeensis
''Bocourtia'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae of the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bocourtia Rochebrune, 1882. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(Pilsbry, 1926)
* ''
Bocourtia lithoica
''Bocourtia'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae of the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bocourtia Rochebrune, 1882. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(d'Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Bocourtia longitudinalis
''Bocourtia'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae of the family Bulimulidae
Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-t ...
''
(Haas, 1955)
* ''
Bocourtia macedoi''
(Weyrauch, 1967)
* ''
Bocourtia minuta''
(Breure, 1978)
* ''
Bocourtia nemorensis''
(Philippi, 1867)
* ''
Bocourtia ochracea''
(Morelet, 1863)
* ''
Bocourtia peakei''
(Breure, 1978)
* ''
Bocourtia petiti''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Bocourtia pluto''
(Crosse, 1869)
* ''
Bocourtia polymorpha''
(d'Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Bocourtia promethus''
(Crosse, 1869)
* ''
Bocourtia purpurata''
(Reeve, 1849)
* ''
Bocourtia pyramidalis''
(Breure, 1978)
* ''
Bocourtia revinctus''
(Hupé, 1857)
* ''
Bocourtia thamnoica''
(d'Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Bocourtia tupacii''
(d'Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Bocourtia weddellii''
(Hupé, 1857)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Bocourtia lymnaeformis''
Rochebrune, 1881: synonym of ''
Bocourtia anthisanensis''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
References
* Breure, A. S. H. (1978). Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 164: 3-255
* Hylton Scott M.I. (1951). Kuschelenia, nuevo género de Bulimulidae (Moll. Pulmonata). Acta Zoologica Lilloana. 12: 539–543.
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
Rochebrune, A.-T., 1881 Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 6(7): Paris
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