Scolodonta

<i>Scolodonta</i>

Scolodonta

Genus of gastropods

Scolodonta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.

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Scolodonta is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae.[2]

This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxidae.[3]

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Scolodonta includes:

Description

The anatomy of Scolodonta is currently unknown.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Scolodonta include:

  • Scolodonta amazonica (Dohrn, 1882)[4]
  • Scolodonta bounoboena (d’Orbigny, 1835)[4]
  • Scolodonta interrupta (Suter, 1900)[4]
  • Scolodonta mutata (Gould, 1846)[4]
  • Scolodonta nitidula (Dohrn, 1882)[4]
  • Scolodonta spirorbis (Deshayes, 1850)[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Doering A. (1875). Bol. Acad. nac. Cienc. Cordova 1: 438.
  2. [2]
    Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. [3]
    Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  4. [4]
    (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.


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