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Streptaxidae Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi. Stre ...

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Distribution

Indigenous distribution of the genus ''Streptostele'' include: *

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Species

Species within the genus ''Streptostele'' include: * '' Streptostele abbreviata'' D. T. Holyoak, G. A. Holyoak & Sinclair, 2020 * '' Streptostele acicula'' (Morelet, 1877) * '' Streptostele alluaudi'' Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914 * '' Streptostele angustior'' (Preston, 1911) * '' Streptostele arambourgi'' Germain, 1934 * '' Streptostele auriformis'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele babaulti'' Germain, 1919 * '' Streptostele bacillum'' Pilsbry, 1919 * '' Streptostele bequaerti'' Pilsbry, 1919 * '' Streptostele bequaertiana'' (Pilsbry, 1919) * '' Streptostele buchholzi'' E. von Martens, 1876 * '' Streptostele candelula'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele centralis'' Pilsbry, 1919 * '' Streptostele cheranganiensis'' Germain, 1934 * '' Streptostele clara'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele clavulus'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele coloba'' Pilsbry, 1919 * '' Streptostele columna'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele congoris'' Pilsbry, 1919 * '' Streptostele constricta'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele costulata'' E. von Martens, 1892 * '' Streptostele crassicrenulata'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele crassiplicata'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele crenulata'' (E.A. Smith, 1901) * '' Streptostele curvata'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele curvicolumella'' (Connolly, 1922) * '' Streptostele cylindrica'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele decaryi'' (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974) * '' Streptostele elegans'' (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914) * '' Streptostele elgonensis'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele elongata'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele exasperata'' Preston, 1912 * '' Streptostele fallooni'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele fastigiata'' (Morelet, 1848) * '' Streptostele feai'' Germain, 1912 * '' Streptostele folini'' (Morelet, 1858) * '' Streptostele hasta'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele herma'' Connolly, 1912 * '' Streptostele horei'' E. A. Smith, 1890 * '' Streptostele inconspicua'' van Bruggen, 1964 * '' Streptostele iota'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele jaeckeli'' Venmans, 1959 * '' Streptostele jeanneli'' Germain, 1934 * '' Streptostele jod'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele kenyana'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele kilimanjaroensis'' Blume, 1965 * '' Streptostele klemmi'' Blume, 1959 * '' Streptostele langi'' Pilsbry, 1919 * '' Streptostele lenta'' (E. A. Smith, 1903) * '' Streptostele leopoldvillensis'' Pilsbry, 1919 * '' Streptostele leroii'' (C. R. Boettger, 1915) * '' Streptostele lessensis'' (Pilsbry, 1919) * '' Streptostele limpida'' (E. von Martens, 1897) * '' Streptostele milneedwardsi'' (Bourguignat, 1883) * '' Streptostele minor'' E. von Martens, 1897 * '' Streptostele modelli'' Blume, 1952 * '' Streptostele monotropha'' (Germain, 1934) * '' Streptostele moreletiana'' Dohrn, 1866 * '' Streptostele nitida'' Neubert, 2004 * '' Streptostele nyiroensis'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele ordinaria'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele oribates'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele osculum'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele patruelis'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele polymorpha'' Preston, 1912 * '' Streptostele rutshuruensis'' (Pilsbry, 1919) * '' Streptostele sanctuarii'' van Bruggen, 1966 * '' Streptostele scotti'' Connolly, 1941 * '' Streptostele signata'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele simplex'' E. A. Smith, 1890 * '' Streptostele sinuilabiata'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele streptosteloides'' (E. von Martens, 1897) * '' Streptostele subangusta'' E. von Martens, 1891 * '' Streptostele subvaricosa'' (E. von Martens, 1897) * '' Streptostele suradensis'' Connolly, 1931 * '' Streptostele terebra'' (Preston, 1911) * '' Streptostele teres'' Pilsbry, 1919 * '' Streptostele truncata'' Germain, 1915 * '' Streptostele unidentata'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele urguessensis'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele validor'' Connolly, 1922 * '' Streptostele varicosa'' (d'Ailly, 1910) * '' Streptostele venusta'' (E. A. Smith, 1903) * '' Streptostele vicina'' (Preston, 1911) * '' Streptostele vitroni'' Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994 * '' Streptostele zambiensis'' Pilsbry, 1919 subgenus ? * "''Streptostele'' (''Streptostele'') species A" from

* "''Streptostele'' (''Streptostele'') species B" from Uganda

Synonyms

* ''Streptostele bonjongoensis'' Tryon, 1885: synonym of '' Rhabdogulella buchholzi'' (E. von Martens, 1876) (unnecessary, unused replacement name) * ''Streptostele dautzenbergi'' Pilsbry, 1919: synonym of ''Streptostele minor'' E. von Martens, 1897 (junior synonym) * ''Streptostele insignis'' (E. A. Smith, 1898): synonym of ''Streptostele musaecola'' (Morelet, 1860): synonym of '' Tomostele musaecola'' (Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym) * ''Streptostele lucida'' (J. S. Gibbons, 1879): synonym of ''Streptostele bawriensis'' (Pilsbry, 1905) (junior secondary homonym replaced by Opeas bawriense Pilsbry, 1905) * ''Streptostele maheensis'' Connolly, 1925: synonym of ''Streptostele acicula'' (Morelet, 1877) (junior synonym) * ''Streptostele meridionalis'' van Bruggen, 1966: synonym of ''Streptostele herma'' Connolly, 1912 (junior synonym) * ''Streptostele musaecola'' (Morelet, 1860): synonym of '' Tomostele musaecola'' (Morelet, 1860) * ''Streptostele roccatii'' (Pollonera, 1906): synonym of ''

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References

* Thiele, J. (1911). Mollusken der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1907–1908. Band III, Zoologie I. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. Pp. 175–214. * Holyoak, D. T.; Holyoak, G. A.; Lima, R. F. D.; Panisi, M.; Sinclair, F. (2020). A checklist of the land Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, with new records and descriptions of new taxa. Iberus: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología, (Iberus).38(2): 219–319.

External links

Smith, E. A. (1890). On a new genus and some new species of shells from Lake Tanganyika. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 6, 6: 93-96

Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1915). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des Sudans. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.
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