Naesiotus pilsbryi

Naesiotus pilsbryi is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae. [2]

Naesiotus pilsbryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Bulimulidae
Genus:
Naesiotus
Species:
N. pilsbryi
Binomial name
Naesiotus pilsbryi
Weyrauch, 1956[1]

The name pilsbryi is in honor of American malacologist Henry Augustus Pilsbry.

Distribution

The type locality is Chagual, 07°50’S 077°38’W, 1275 m, La Libertad Region, Peru.[3] This species is known from the type locality only and may be range-restricted.[3]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [3]

  1. Weyrauch W. K. (1956). "The genus Naesiotus, with description of new species and notes on other Peruvian Bulimulidae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciencies, Philadelphia 108: 1-17. page 6, pl. 1, fig. 4
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus pilsbryi Weyrauch, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1451739 on 2021-02-18
  3. Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM Archived 2018-09-26 at the Wayback Machine.


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