''Epiphragmophora'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the subfamily

Epiphragmophorinae Epiphragmophorinae is a subfamily (biology), subfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Xanthonychidae (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 ...

. 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

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Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

and

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

, 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 Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. 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: *'' Epiphragmophora alsophila'' (Philippi, 1867) *'' Epiphragmophora angrandi'' (Morelet, 1863) *''

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) *'' Epiphragmophora atahualpa'' Pilsbry, 1944 *'' Epiphragmophora audouini'' (d’Orbigny, 1835) *'' Epiphragmophora basiplanata'' Weyrauch, 1960 *'' Epiphragmophora birabeni'' Parodiz, 1955 *'' Epiphragmophora cerrateae'' Weyrauch, 1960 *'' Epiphragmophora costellata'' Fernández & Rumi, 1974 *'' Epiphragmophora cryptomphala'' Ancey, 1897 *''

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 , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat ...

'' (Deville & Hupe, 1850) *'' Epiphragmophora escoipensis'' Cuezzo, 1996 *'' Epiphragmophora estella'' (d’Orbigny, 1835) *'' Epiphragmophora farrisi'' (Pfeiffer, 1859) *''

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 *''

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) *''

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 ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q31174587 Xanthonychidae