''Hungerfordia'' is a genus of small
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 with an
operculum, a
terrestrial 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 in the family
Diplommatinidae endemic to the
Republic of Palau.
Many of the members of this genus inhabit limestone cliffs or rubble, especially in the
Rock Islands
The Rock Islands of Palau, also called ''Chelbacheb'', are a collection of several hundred small limestone or coral uprises in the Southern Lagoon of Palau between Koror and Peleliu, now an incorporated part of Koror State. There are between 25 ...
(Chelbacheb) in
Airai,
Koror
Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of Palau. It consists of several islands, the most prominent being Koror Island (also ''Oreor Island''). It is Palau’s most populous state.
History
In the oral tradition ...
, and
Peleliu states.
As of 2022, there are 41 described species in this genus.
A series of revisions in 2013 - 2015 described several new species, as well as transferring Palauan members of the genus
Diplommatina
''Diplommatina'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Diplommatina Benson, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinesp ...
or
Palaina
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae
Diplommatinidae is a family of small land snails, also known as staircase snails, with an operculum, ...
(including Palau endemics Diplommatina alata, D. aurea, D. crassilabris, D. gibboni, D. inflatula, D. lamellata, D. lutea, D. pyramis, and D. ringens) into Hungerfordia.
Species
Species within the genus ''Hungerfordia'' include:
* Hungerfordia alata
* Hungerfordia angaurensis
* Hungerfordia aspera
* Hungerfordia aurea
* Hungerfordia basodonta
* Hungerfordia brachyptera
* Hungerfordia chilorhytis
* Hungerfordia crassilabris
* Hungerfordia crenata
* Hungerfordia echinata
* Hungerfordia elegantissima
* Hungerfordia eurystoma
* Hungerfordia expansilabris
* Hungerfordia fragilipennis
* Hungerfordia gibboni
* Hungerfordia globosa
* Hungerfordia goniobasis
* Hungerfordia inflatula
* Hungerfordia irregularis
* Hungerfordia lamellata
* Hungerfordia longissima
* Hungerfordia loxodonta
* Hungerfordia lutea
* Hungerfordia microbasodonta
* Hungerfordia ngereamensis
* Hungerfordia nodulosa
* Hungerfordia nudicollum
* Hungerfordia omphaloptyx
* Hungerfordia papilio
* ''
Hungerfordia pelewensis
''Hungerfordia pelewensis'' is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. This land snail is endemic to Palau
Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and histo ...
''
* Hungerfordia polymorpha
* Hungerfordia pteropurpuroides
* Hungerfordia pyramis
* Hungerfordia ringens
* Hungerfordia robiginosa
* Hungerfordia rudicostata
* Hungerfordia spinoscapula
* Hungerfordia spiroperculata
* Hungerfordia subalata
* Hungerfordia triplochilus
* Hungerfordia unisulcata
Subspecies
There are currently 19 named subspecies of Hungerfordia distributed among 8 different species:
* Hungerfordia crassilabris attenuata
* Hungerfordia crassilabris crassilabris
* Hungerfordia crassilabris tridentata
* Hungerfordia echinata echinata
* Hungerfordia echinata tubulispina
* Hungerfordia elegantissima anomphala
* Hungerfordia elegantissima elegantissima
* Hungerfordia goniobasis dmasechensis
* Hungerfordia goniobasis exserta
* Hungerfordia goniobasis goniobasis
* Hungerfordia lutea hemilaevis
* Hungerfordia lutea lutea
* Hungerfordia papilio papilio
* Hungerfordia papilio stenoptera
* Hungerfordia pyramis pteroma
* Hungerfordia pyramis pyramis
* Hungerfordia ringens ringens
* Hungerfordia ringens rotundata
* Hungerfordia ringens ventrinodus
References
Nomenclator Zoologicus info]
Hungerfordia (gastropod),
Diplommatinidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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