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| superfamilia = [[Helicoidea]] |
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| familia = [[Polygyridae]] |
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| genus = ''Giffordius'' |
| genus = '''''Giffordius''''' |
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| genus_authority = Pilsbry 1930 <ref>Pilsbry, Henry A. 1930. Notes and News. Nautilus 43(4): 142</ref> |
| genus_authority = Pilsbry 1930 <ref>Pilsbry, Henry A. 1930. Notes and News. Nautilus 43(4): 142</ref> |
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| ⚫ | '''''Giffordius''''' is a [[gastropod]] genus, consisting of terrestrial snails in the family [[Polygyridae]]. The two known species, found on [[New Providence]], [[Bahamas]], were named after the early conservationist and politician, [[Gifford Pinchot]] and his wife, Cornelia, who discovered them. <ref>Miller, Char. 2001. Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism. Island Press: p. 300</ref> These snails are unusual among polygyrids in being [[ovoviviparous]] rather than [[oviparous]]. <ref>Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 577.</ref> |
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The genus ''Giffordius'' contains the following species: |
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| ⚫ | '''''Giffordius''''' is a [[gastropod]] genus, consisting of terrestrial snails in the family [[Polygyridae]]. The two known species, found on [[New Providence]], [[Bahamas]], were named after the early conservationist and politician, [[Gifford Pinchot]] and his wife, Cornelia, who discovered them. <ref>Miller, Char. 2001. Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism. Island Press: p. 300</ref> These snails are unusual among polygyrids in being [[ovoviviparous]] rather than [[oviparous]]. <ref>Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 577.</ref> |
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* ''[[Giffordius corneliae]]'' |
* ''[[Giffordius corneliae]]'' |
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* ''[[Giffordius pinchotii]]'' |
* ''[[Giffordius pinchotii]]'' |
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Giffordius is a gastropod genus, consisting of terrestrial snails in the family Polygyridae. The two known species, found on New Providence, Bahamas, were named after the early conservationist and politician, Gifford Pinchot and his wife, Cornelia, who discovered them. [2] These snails are unusual among polygyrids in being ovoviviparous rather than oviparous. [3] The genus Giffordius contains the following species:
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