Giffordius
| Giffordius | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Polygyridae |
| Genus: | Giffordius Pilsbry, 1930[1] |
Giffordius is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.
The two known species, found on Isla de Providencia (or Old Providence), were named after the early conservationist and politician, Gifford Pinchot and his wife, Cornelia, whose expedition discovered them.[2] These snails are unusual among polygyrids in being ovoviviparous rather than oviparous.[3]
Species
The genus Giffordius contains the following species:
- Giffordius corneliae
- Giffordius pinchotii
See also
References
- ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1930). "Notes and News". Nautilus 43(4): 142.
- ↑ Miller C. (2001). Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism. Island Press: p. 300.
- ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1940). "Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)". Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, 1(2): 577.
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