Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial 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 includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Diapheridae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762800 on 2020-10-21] [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. .]
''Diaphera'' is the
type genus of the family Diapheridae.
The genus ''Diaphera'' is generally poorly known.
Distribution
The distribution of ''Diaphera'' includes
South-East Asia:
Myanmar
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,
Thailand,
Cambodia,
the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
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.
Species
There more than 50 species in the genus ''Diaphera'' including:
* ''
Diaphera anctostoma'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895)
* ''
Diaphera aptycha'' (Möllendorff, 1895)
* ''
Diaphera brevicollis'' (Blanford, 1899)
* ''
Diaphera canaliculata'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1896)
* ''
Diaphera cardiostoma'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894)
* ''
Diaphera connectens
Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www ...
'' Bruggen, 1974
* ''
Diaphera cristatella'' (Möllendorff, 1896)
* ''
Diaphera cumingiana'' Pfeiffer, 1845 - type species of the genus ''Diaphera''
* ''
Diaphera cuspidata
Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://ww ...
'' (Möllendorff, 1895)
* ''
Diaphera cylindrelloidea'' (Stoliczka, 1871)
* ''
Diaphera cylindrica'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895)
* ''
Diaphera densecostulata'' (Möllendorff, 1901)
* ''
Diaphera devians'' (Möllendorff, 1890)
* ''
Diaphera dicraspedia'' (Möllendorff, 1898)
* ''
Diaphera dilophia
Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://ww ...
'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895)
* ''
Diaphera eulophia'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895)
* ''
Diaphera euryomphala'' (Möllendorff, 1895)
* ''
Diaphera eutrachela'' (Möllendorff, 1890)
* ''
Diaphera helenae'' Vermeulen, 1990
* ''
Diaphera hidalgoi'' (Möllendorff, 1888)
* ''
Diaphera homalogyra
Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://ww ...
'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895)
* ''
Diaphera kobelti'' (Möllendorff, 1898)
* ''
Diaphera kochiana'' (Möllendorff, 1888)
* ''
Diaphera lini
Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:// ...
'' Z.-Y. Chen & Páll-Gergely, 2020
* ''
Diaphera locardi'' (Hidalgo, 1890)
* ''
Diaphera macrostoma'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894)
* ''
Diaphera moellendorffi'' (Hidalgo, 1889)
* ''
Diaphera morleti'' (Hidalgo, 1889)
* ''
Diaphera nitidula'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894)
* ''
Diaphera obliquapex'' Bruggen, 1974
* ''
Diaphera otostoma
Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://ww ...
'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894)
* ''
Diaphera palawanica'' Bruggen, 1974
* ''
Diaphera pleistogyra'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895)
* ''
Diaphera polita'' Páll-Gergely, 2020
* ''
Diaphera porrecta'' (Martens, 1884)
* ''
Diaphera prima'' Panha, 2010
* ''
Diaphera quadrasi'' (Möllendorff, 1887)
* ''
Diaphera samarica'' (Möllendorff, 1896)
* ''
Diaphera saurini
Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www ...
'' Benthem Jutting, 1962
* ''
Diaphera seatoni'' (Beddome, 1891)
* ''
Diaphera sericina
Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://ww ...
'' (Möllendorff, 1887)
* ''
Diaphera solenidium'' (Möllendorff, 1896)
* ''
Diaphera strangulata'' (Möllendorff, 1894)
* ''
Diaphera strophostoma'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1896)
* ''
Diaphera telescopium'' (Möllendorff, 1896)
* ''
Diaphera torta'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894)
* ''
Diaphera truncatella
Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://ww ...
'' (Möllendorff, 1896)
* ''
Diaphera tuba
Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:// ...
'' (Möllendorff, 1887)
* ''
Diaphera turbanophora'' Páll-Gergely & Grego, 2020
* ''
Diaphera unicristata
Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diaphera Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://ww ...
'' (Möllendorff, 1894)
* ''
Diaphera wilfordii'' Dance, 1970
;Synonym:
* ''Diaphera (Huttonella) kohllarseni'' Haas, 1936: synonym of ''
Gulella kohllarseni'' (Haas, 1936) (original combination)
References
Further reading
* Bruggen, A.C. van. (1974). Streptaxidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata) from Palawan, Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C, 77(3): 272–282
*
Bruggen A. C van (1975). "New data on ''Cylindrella cumingiana'' Pfeiffer, 1845, type species of the genus ''Diaphera'' Albers, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Streptaxidae)". ''Proceedings of the Koninklÿke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam series C'' 78: 167–171.
* Vermeulen J. J. (1990). "Notes on the non marine mollusks of the island of Borneo 1. The genus ''Diaphera'' (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Streptaxidae)". ''Basteria'' 54: 159–165.
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 ppAlbers, J. C.; Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: EngelmanPáll-Gergely, B., Hunyadi, A., Grego, J., Sajan, S., Tripathy, B. & Chen, Z.-Y. [Zheyu (2020). A review of the Diapheridae (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Streptaxoidea), with special emphasis on India and Myanmar. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 68: 682–718]
External links
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Diapheridae
{{Diapheridae-stub