Gaeotis
| Gaeotis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Amphibulimidae |
| Genus: | Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 4 species | |
Gaeotis is a genus of air-breathing land semi-slugs,[3] terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.
Distribution
Location of Puerto Rico, where the genus Gaeotis is endemic to.
The genus Gaeotis is endemic to Puerto Rico.[1][2]
Species
Species within the genus Gaeotis include:
- Gaeotis albopunctulata Shuttleworth, 1854[1]
- Gaeotis flavolineata Shuttleworth, 1854[1]
- Gaeotis malleata Pilsbry, 1899[2]
- Gaeotis nigrolineata Shuttleworth, 1854[1] - type species of the genus Gaeotis[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Shuttleworth R. J. (1854). "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico". Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern 1854(314-316): 33-56.
- 1 2 3 4 Breure A. S. H. (1974). "Notes On the Genus Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae)". Netherlands Journal of Zoology 24(3): 236-252. doi:10.1163/002829674X00057. PDF.
- ↑ Breure A. S. H. (2010). "The rediscovery of a semi-slug: Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 (Gastropoda, Pleurodontidae) from Hispaniola". Basteria 74(4-6): 78-86.
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