''Iberus'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing land snails,
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 inclu ...
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the subfamily Helicinae of the family
Helicidae
Helicidae is a large, diverse family of western Palaearctic, medium to large-sized, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails." It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropoge ...
.
[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
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula ( ), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, comprisin ...
.
Recently, ''
Pseudotachea'' was synonymised with Iberus.
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
''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 Ma ...
'' Ahuir, 2013
* '' Iberus campesinus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''Iberus candoni
''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 Ma ...
'' Ahuir, 2021
* ''Iberus carthaginiensis
''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 Ma ...
'' (Rossmässler, 1853)
* † ''Iberus delgadoi
''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 Ma ...
'' (Roman, 1907)
* '' Iberus gualtieranus'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
:''Iberus gualtieranus alonensis
''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 Ma ...
''
:''Iberus gualtieranus campesinus
''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 Ma ...
''
:''Iberus gualtieranus carthaginiensis
''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 Ma ...
''
:''Iberus gualtieranus gualterianus
''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 Ma ...
''
:''Iberus gualtieranus mariae
''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 Ma ...
''
:''Iberus gualtieranus posthumus
''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 Ma ...
''
:''Iberus gualtieranus rhodopeplus
''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 Ma ...
''
* ''Iberus guiraoanus
''Iberus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Iberus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: ...
'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* '' Iberus marmoratus'' (A. Férussac, 1821)
:'' Iberus marmoratus alcarazanus''
:'' 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 16, 2017
External links
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)
Helicidae
Gastropod genera
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