''Epiphragmophora'' 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 subfamily
Epiphragmophorinae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=991580 on 2021-02-25]
It occurs exclusively in South America, and is distributed in
Perú
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,
Bolivia
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,
Paraguay and
Argentina, with isolated occurrences in southern
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
and southern
Brazil. This genus is known to be a typical component of the
Andean fauna, although it inhabits elevated cloud rainforest areas and flatlands in Argentina and Bolivia.
Species
Species in the genus ''Epiphragmophora'' include:
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Epiphragmophora alsophila'' (Philippi, 1867)
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Epiphragmophora angrandi'' (Morelet, 1863)
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Epiphragmophora argentina
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' (Holmberg, 1909)
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Epiphragmophora atahualpa'' Pilsbry, 1944
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Epiphragmophora audouini'' (d’Orbigny, 1835)
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Epiphragmophora basiplanata'' Weyrauch, 1960
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Epiphragmophora birabeni
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' Parodiz, 1955
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Epiphragmophora cerrateae
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' Weyrauch, 1960
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Epiphragmophora costellata
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' Fernández & Rumi, 1974
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Epiphragmophora cryptomphala
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' Ancey, 1897
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Epiphragmophora clausomphalos
''Epiphragmophora clausomphalos'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Epiphragmophoridae. It occurs in Peru
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'' (Deville & Hupe, 1850)
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Epiphragmophora escoipensis
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' Cuezzo, 1996
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Epiphragmophora estella
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' (d’Orbigny, 1835)
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Epiphragmophora farrisi
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1859)
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Epiphragmophora granulosa
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' Weyrauch, 1960
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Epiphragmophora gueinzii
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1856)
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Epiphragmophora guevarai
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' Cuezzo, 2006
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Epiphragmophora haasi
''Epiphragmophora'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Epiphragmophorinae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epiphragmophora Doering, 1875. Accessed through: World Register ...
'' Zilch, 1953
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Epiphragmophora hemiclausa'' Hylton Scott, 1951
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Epiphragmophora hemiophalus'' Haas, 1951
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Epiphragmophora hieronymi'' Doering, 1874
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Epiphragmophora higginsi'' (Miller, 1878)
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Epiphragmophora huancabambensis'' (Pilsbry, 1926)
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Epiphragmophora huanucensis'' (Philippi, 1867)
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Epiphragmophora jaspidea'' (Pfeiffer, 1859)
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Epiphragmophora jujuyensis'' Hylton Scott, 1962
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Epiphragmophora lentiformis'' (Haas, 1955)
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Epiphragmophora leucobasis'' Haas, 1951
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Epiphragmophora llaguenica'' Zilch, 1953
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Epiphragmophora macasi'' (Higgins, 1872)
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Epiphragmophora mirabilis'' Weyrauch, 1960
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Epiphragmophora olssoni'' Pilsbry, 1926
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Epiphragmophora ormeai'' Weyrauch, 1956
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Epiphragmophora orophila'' Ancey, 1903
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Epiphragmophora oroyensis'' Pilsbry, 1926
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Epiphragmophora oresigena'' (d’Orbigny, 1835)
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Epiphragmophora parodizi'' Fernández & Rumi, 1984
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Epiphragmophora proseni'' Hylton Scott, 1951
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Epiphragmophora puella'' Hylton Scott, 1951
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Epiphragmophora puntana'' (Holmberg, 1909)
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Epiphragmophora quirogai'' Cuezzo, 2006
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Epiphragmophora rhathymos'' (Holmberg, 1912)
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Epiphragmophora saltana'' Ancey, 1897
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Epiphragmophora taulisensis'' Zilch, 1953
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Epiphragmophora tomsici'' Fernández & Rumi, 1984
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Epiphragmophora trenquelleonis'' (Grateloup, 1851)
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Epiphragmophora trifasciata'' Fernández & Rumi, 1984
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Epiphragmophora trigrammephora'' (d’Orbigny, 1835)
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Epiphragmophora tucumanensis'' (Doering, 1874)
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Epiphragmophora variegata'' Hylton Scott, 1962
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Epiphragmophora villavilensis'' Parodiz, 1955
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Epiphragmophora walshi'' Cuezzo, 2006
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Epiphragmophora webbi'' Pilsbry, 1932
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Epiphragmophora zilchi'' Weyrauch, 1960
References
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Xanthonychidae