''Napaeus'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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pulmonate
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the subfamily Eninae of the family
Enidae
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.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Napaeus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762701 on 2021-08-31]
Distribution
''Napaeus'' is endemic to the
Macaronesia
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ecoregion:
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and
Canary Islands
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.
[Allgaier C. (2007). "Active Camouflage with Lichens in a Terrestrial Snail, ''Napaeus'' (''N.'') ''barquini'' Alonso and Ibáñez, 2006 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae)". '']Zoological Science
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'' 24(9): 869–876. .
Species
There are three recognized subgenera, ''Macaronapaeus''
Kobelt, 1899, ''Napaeus''
Albers, 1850 and ''Napaeinus''
Hesse, 1933.
Species within the genus ''Napaeus'' include 18 species on the Tenerife,
17 species
on the La Gomera and others. Additionally, 11 new species from the Canary Islands were described in 2011.
* ''
Napaeus alabastrinus''
Frias Martins, 1989
* ''
Napaeus alucensis''
Santana & Yanes, 2011- on La Gomera
* ''
Napaeus anaga''
(Grasset, 1857)
* ''
Napaeus aringaensis''
Yanes ''et al.'', 2011[Yanes Y., Santana J., Artiles M., Deniz F., Martin J., Alonso M. R. & Ibanez M. (2011). "Five new ''Napaeus'' species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Enidae) from Gran Canaria and El Hierro (Canary Islands)." ''Zootaxa'' 2901: 35–51]
abstract
* ''
Napaeus atlanticus''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Napaeus avaloensis
''Napaeus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Napaeus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
''
Groh, 2006
* ''
Napaeus badiosus''
(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
* ''
Napaeus baeticatus''
(Webb & Berthelot, 1833) - type species
* ''
Napaeus barquini''
Alonso & Ibáñez, 2006[Alonso M. R., Goodacre S. L., Emerson B. C., Ibáñez M., Hutterer R. & Groh K. (2006). "Canarian land snail diversity: conflict between anatomical and molecular data on the phylogenetic placement of five new species of ''Napaeus'' (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae)". '']Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
The ''Biological Journal of the Linnean Society'' is a direct descendant of the oldest biological journal in the world, the ''Transactions of the Linnean Society''. It succeeded the earlier title in 1969. The journal specializes in evolution, and ...
'' 89: 169–187. .
* ''
Napaeus bechi''
M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 1993
* ''
Napaeus beguirae''
Henríquez, 1995
* ''
Napaeus bertheloti''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Napaeus boucheti''
M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 1993
* ''
Napaeus chrysaloides''
(Wollaston, 1878)
* ''
Napaeus consecoanus''
(Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Napaeus delibutus''
(Morelet & Drouët, 1857)
* ''
Napaeus delicatus''
Alonso, Yanes & Ibáñez, 2011[Holyoak G. A., Holyoak D. T., Yanes Y., Alonso M. R., Ibanez M. (2011). "Two new ''Napaeus'' species from La Gomera and La Palma (Canary Islands) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Enidae) ". '']Archiv für Molluskenkunde
''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society, covering research in malacology.
Coverage
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'' 140(1): 37–48. .
* ''
Napaeus doliolum
''Napaeus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial 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 (). ...
''
Henríquez, 1993
* ''
Napaeus doloresae''
Santana, 2013
* ''
Napaeus elegans''
M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 1995
* ''
Napaeus encaustus''
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Napaeus esbeltus''
Ibáñez & M. R. Alonso, 1995
* ''
Napaeus estherae''
Artiles, 2013
* ''
Napaeus exilis''
Henríquez, 1995
* ''
Napaeus gomerensis''
G. A. Holyoak & D. T. Holyoak, 2011 - on La Gomera
* ''
Napaeus grohi''
Yanes ''et al.'', 2011
* ''
Napaeus gruereanus''
(Grasset, 1857)
* ''
Napaeus hartungi''
(Morelet & Drouët, 1857)
* ''
Napaeus helvolus''
(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
* ''
Napaeus huttereri''
Henríquez, 1991
* ''
Napaeus indifferens''
(Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Napaeus inflatiusculus''
(Wollaston, 1878)
* ''
Napaeus interpunctatus''
(Wollaston, 1878)
* ''
Napaeus isletae''
Groh & Ibanez, 1992
* ''
Napaeus josei''
Yanes ''et al.'', 2011
* ''
Napaeus lajaensis''
Castillo ''et al.'', 2006[Castillo C., Yanes Y., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (2006). "''Napaeus lajaensis'' sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Enidae) from a Quaternary Aeolian deposit of Northeast Tenerife, Canary Islands". '']Zootaxa
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'' 1307: 41–54.
* ''
Napaeus lichenicola''
M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2007
* ''
Napaeus maculatus''
Goodacre, 2006
* ''
Napaeus maffioteanus''
(Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Napaeus magnus''
Yanes, Deniz, M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2013
* ''
Napaeus minimus''
Holyoak & Holyoak, 2011
* ''
Napaeus moquinianus''
(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
* ''
Napaeus moroi''
Martín, Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011 - La Gomera
[Yanes Y., Martín J., Santana J., Holyoak G. A., Holyoak D. T., Artiles M., Deniz F. et al. & Ibáñez M. (2011). "Four new ''Napaeus'' species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Enidae) from La Gomera (Canary Islands)". '']Journal of Conchology
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'' 40(4): 393–407
abstract
* ''
Napaeus myosotis''
(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
* ''
Napaeus nanodes''
Shuttleworth, 1852
* ''
Napaeus obesatus''
(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
* ''
Napaeus ocellatus''
(Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Napaeus orientalis''
Henríquez, 1995
* ''
Napaeus ornamentatus''
Moro, 2009
* ''
Napaeus osoriensis''
(Wollaston, 1878)
* ''
Napaeus palmaensis''
(Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Napaeus procerus''
Emerson, 2006
* ''
Napaeus propinquus''
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Napaeus pruninus''
(A. Gould, 1846)
* ''
Napaeus pygmaeus''
Ibanez & Alonso, 1993
* ''
Napaeus roccellicola''
(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
* ''
Napaeus rufobrunneus''
(Wollaston, 1878)
* ''
Napaeus rupicola''
(Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Napaeus savinosus''
(Wollaston, 1878)
* † ''
Napaeus servus''
(Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Napaeus severus''
(J. Mabille, 1898)
* ''
Napaeus subgracilior''
(Wollaston, 1878)
* ''
Napaeus subsimplex''
(Wollaston, 1878)
* ''
Napaeus tabidus''
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
* ''
Napaeus tafadaensis''
Yanes, 2009
* ''
Napaeus tagamichensis''
Henríquez, 1993
* ''
Napaeus taguluchensis''
Henríquez, 1993
* ''
Napaeus tenoensis''
Henríquez, 1993
* ''
Napaeus teobaldoi''
Martín, 2009
* ''
Napaeus texturatus''
(Mousson, 1872)
* ''
Napaeus torilensis''
Artiles & Deniz, 2011 - on La Gomera
* ''
Napaeus tremulans''
(Mousson, 1858)
* ''
Napaeus validoi''
Yanes ''et al.'', 2011
* ''
Napaeus variatus''
(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
* ''
Napaeus venegueraensis'' Yanes ''et al.'', 2011
* ''
Napaeus voggenreiteri''
Hutterer, 2006
* ''
Napaeus vulgaris''
(Morelet & Drouët, 1857)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Napaeus arcuatus''
(Kuester, 1845): synonym of ''
Pseudonapaeus arcuatus''
(Kuester, 1845) (unaccepted combination)
* ''Napaeus candelaris''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of ''
Pseudonapaeus candelaris''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (unaccepted combination)
* ''Napaeus coelebs''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of ''
Pseudonapaeus coelebs''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (unaccepted combination)
* ''Napaeus sindicus''
(Reeve, 1848): synonym of ''
Pseudonapaeus sindicus''
(Reeve, 1848) (unaccepted combination)
* ''Napaeus vincentii''
(Gredler, 1898): synonym of ''
Serina vincentii''
(Gredler, 1898)
References
Further reading
* Alonso M. R., Henríquez F. & Ibáñez M. (1995). "Revision of the species group ''Napaeus variatus'' (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Buliminidae) from the Canary Islands, with description of five new species". ''Zool Scr'' 24: 303–320.
* Yanes Y., Martín J., Moro L., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (2009). "On the relationships of the genus ''Napaeus'' (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Enidae), with the description of four new species from the Canary Islands". ''
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'' 43(35): 2179–2207.
External links
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