''Eostrobilops'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 ...
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 family
Strobilopsidae.
Distribution
This species of land snail occurs in Japan, Korea and China.
Species
The genus ''Eostrobilops'' includes the following species:
* ''
Eostrobilops coreana'' Pilsbry, 1927
* ''
Eostrobilops diodontina
''Eostrobilops'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae.
Distribution
This species of land snail occurs in Japan, Korea and China.
Species
The genus ''Eostrobilops'' ...
'' (Heude)
* ''
Eostrobilops hirasei
''Eostrobilops hirasei'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strobilopsidae.
The specific name is apparently in honor either of the Japanese malacologist Yoichiro Hirase (1859–1 ...
'' (Pilsbry, 1908) - type species
* ''
Eostrobilops nipponica'' Pilsbry, 1927
[ Matsumura I. & Minato H. (1998). "大阪府北部で採集されたナニワクチミゾガイ(新亜種) ''Eostrobilops nipponica reikoae'' n. subsp. (Pulmonata : Strobilopsidae) from the Northern Region of Osaka, Japan". ''The Japanese journal of malacology. Venus'' 57(1): 39-47]
CiNii
/ref>
References
Further reading
* Minato H. (1982). 日本のクチミゾガイ類. "''Eostrobilops'' and ''Enteroplax'' from Japan (Strobilopsidae)". 日本貝類学会研究連絡誌 ''The Chiribotan''
CiNii
External links
Strobilopsidae
{{Strobilopsidae-stub