''Draparnaudia'' 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 superfamily Partuloidea. ''Draparnaudia'' is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae. Both the family name and the genus name of these snails were created to honor the 18th century French malacologist Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to

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, in Melanesia and - probably introduced - to Vanuatu.

Taxonomy

The family Draparnaudiidae is classified within the informal group

Orthurethra Orthurethra is a clade of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora. In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, Orthurethra is treated as an informal group and subcla ...

, itself belonging to the

clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...

Stylommatophora Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael Schrödl and Ellen E. Strong. 2017. Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification ...

within the clade

Eupulmonata Eupulmonata is a taxonomic clade of air-breathing snails. The great majority of this group are land snails and slugs, but some are marine and some are saltmarsh snails that can tolerate salty conditions. Linnean taxonomy *Suborder Eupulmonat ...

(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). ''Draparnaudia'' is the type genus of the family Draparnaudiidae. Draparnaudiidae consists of one genus with six species:Tillier S. & Mordan P. B. (1995). "The anatomy and systematics of the New Caledonian land snail genus ''Draparnaudia'' Montrouzier, 1859 (Pulmonata: Orthurethra)". '' Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 113(1): 47-91, London 1994 . * ''

Draparnaudia anniae ''Draparnaudia anniae'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Draparnaudiidae. Distribution This species is endemic to New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia o ...

'' Tillier & Mordan, 1995 * ''

Draparnaudia gassiesi ''Draparnaudia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea. ''Draparnaudia'' is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae. Both the family name and the genus name of th ...

'' Pilsbry, 1902 * ''

Draparnaudia michaudi ''Draparnaudia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea. ''Draparnaudia'' is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae. Both the family name and the genus name of th ...

'' Montrouzier, 1859 - type species * ''

Draparnaudia singularis ''Draparnaudia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea. ''Draparnaudia'' is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae. Both the family name and the genus name of th ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1855) * ''

Draparnaudia subnecata ''Draparnaudia subnecata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Partuloidea. This species is endemic to New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe ...

'' Tillier & Mordan, 1995 * '' Draparnaudia walkeri'' Sykes, 1903

References

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