''Streptostele'' is a
genus 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 ...
mollusks in the subfamily
Enneinae of the family
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:
*
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
:
(4 described species, 2 undescribed species),...
[Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". '' Journal of Molluscan Studies'' 76(1): 87-100. .]
* islands in the
Gulf of Guinea
*
the Seychelles
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*
Comoros
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*
Mascarenes[Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of ''Diaphera'' Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". '' Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 160: 1-16. .]
Species
Species within the genus ''Streptostele'' include:
* ''
Streptostele abbreviata''
D. T. Holyoak, G. A. Holyoak & Sinclair, 2020
* ''
Streptostele acicula''
(Morelet, 1877)
* ''
Streptostele alluaudi
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914
* ''
Streptostele angustior
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(Preston, 1911)
* ''
Streptostele arambourgi
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
Germain, 1934
* ''
Streptostele auriformis
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
Connolly, 1922
* ''
Streptostele babaulti
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
Germain, 1919
* ''
Streptostele bacillum
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
Pilsbry, 1919
* ''
Streptostele bequaerti
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
Pilsbry, 1919
* ''
Streptostele bequaertiana
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Regi ...
'' (
Pilsbry, 1919)
* ''
Streptostele buchholzi
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
E. von Martens, 1876
* ''
Streptostele candelula
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
Connolly, 1922
* ''
Streptostele centralis
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed ...
''
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
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World R ...
''
(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
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World R ...
''
Connolly, 1912
* ''
Streptostele horei
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
E. A. Smith, 1890
* ''
Streptostele inconspicua
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Reg ...
''
van Bruggen, 1964
* ''
Streptostele iota
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World R ...
''
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
''Streptostele'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World R ...
''
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
Uganda
* "''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 ''
Primigulella linguifera''
(E. von Martens, 1895)
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: 93-96Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1915). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des Sudans. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.
Streptaxidae
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