Varicostele
Appearance
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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Genus: | Varicostele |
Varicostele is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]The distribution of the genus Varicostele includes:
- Central Africa[2]
- Congo Basin[2]
- Uganda (1 species)[3]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Varicostele include:
- Varicostele lessensis Pilsbry, 1919[3]
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References
[edit]- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1919). Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 40: art. 1, 7, 180, 193.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 87-100. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp048.