''Iberus'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing land snails,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod 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 Helicinae of the family
Helicidae
Helicidae is a large, diverse family (biology), family of small to large, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails."
A number of species in this family are valued as food items, including ''Cornu aspersum'' (formerly ''Heli ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Iberus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996424 on 2021-02-14]
This genus is
endemic
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to the
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
* eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...
.
Species and subspecies
According to the ''Fauna Europaea''
''Fauna Europaea'' - Genus ''Iberus''
/ref> this genus contains the following species and subspecies:
* '' Iberus alonensis'' (A. Férussac, 1821)
* '' Iberus angustatus'' (Rossmässler, 1854)
* '' Iberus calaensis'' Ahuir, 2013
* '' Iberus campesinus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* '' Iberus candoni'' Ahuir, 2021
* '' Iberus carthaginiensis'' (Rossmässler, 1853)
* † '' Iberus delgadoi'' (Roman, 1907)
* '' Iberus gualtieranus'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
:'' Iberus gualtieranus alonensis''
:'' Iberus gualtieranus campesinus''
:'' Iberus gualtieranus carthaginiensis''
:'' Iberus gualtieranus gualterianus''
:'' Iberus gualtieranus mariae''
:'' Iberus gualtieranus posthumus''
:'' Iberus gualtieranus rhodopeplus''
* '' Iberus guiraoanus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* '' Iberus marmoratus'' (A. Férussac, 1821)
:''Iberus marmoratus alcarazanus
''Iberus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Iberus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of ...
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:'' Iberus marmoratus cobosi''
:'' Iberus marmoratus guiraoanus''
:'' Iberus marmoratus loxanus''
:'' Iberus marmoratus marmoratus''
:'' Iberus marmoratus rositai''
* '' Iberus ortizi'' García San Nicolás, 1957
* '' Iberus serpentinae'' Ahuir, 2020
;Species inquirendum:
* † ''Iberus balatonicus'' Stoliczka, 1862
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Iberus circejus'' Kobelt, 1903: synonym of ''Marmorana serpentina circeja'' (Kobelt, 1903) (objective synonym and secondary homonym )
* ''Iberus massyloe'' (Morelet, 1851): synonym of '' Massylaea massylaea'' (Morelet, 1851)
* ''Iberus melii'' Kobelt, 1903: synonym of ''Marmorana serpentina circeja'' (Kobelt, 1903) (objective junior synonym of Helix (Iberus) melii Kobelt, 1903)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
Montfort_P._[Denys_de
_(1808-1810)._Conchyliologie_systématique_et_classification_méthodique_des_coquilles._Paris:_Schoell._Vol._1:_pp._lxxxvii_+_409_[1808.html" ;"title="enys de">Montfort P. [Denys de
(1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808">enys de">Montfort P. [Denys de
(1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808 Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May) ]
Iberus,
Helicidae
Gastropod genera]
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