Prestonella bowkeri
| Prestonella bowkeri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
| Subfamily: | Prestonellinae |
| Genus: | Prestonella |
| Species: | P. bowkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Prestonella bowkeri (Sowerby, 1889) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Bulimus bowkeri | |
Prestonella bowkeri is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae.
It was previously classified within Prestonellidae. cf.[2][3]
Prestonella bowkeri is the type species of the genus Prestonella.[1]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Eastern Cape,[4] South Africa.[5][1]
References
- 1 2 3 Herbert D. G. (2007). "Revision of the genus Prestonella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea: Bulimulidae s. l.), a distinctive component of the African land snail fauna". African Invertebrates 48(2): 1-19. abstract.
- ↑ Herbert D. G. & Mitchell A. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic land snail genus Prestonella: the missing African element in the Gondwanan superfamily Orthalicoidea (Mollusca: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 96(1): 203-221. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01109.x.
- ↑ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ Govender V. (2007). "Patterns of Distribution, Diversity and Endemism of Terrestrial Molluscs in South Africa". Thesis. School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal. 219 pp. PDF.
- ↑ Breure B. (23 February 2008) "The extended family". Bram's Snail Site, accessed 7 April 2011.
External links
- "Prestonella bowkeri". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- photo of Prestonella bowkeri
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