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Naesiotus stenogyroides
Naesiotus stenogyroides
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
Subfamily:
Bulimulinae[1]
Genus:
Naesiotus

Synonyms[3]
  • Adenodia Dall, 1920
  • Granilla Dall, 1920
  • Granitza Dall, 1920
  • Granucis Dall, 1920
  • Nucisus Dall, 1920
  • Ochsneria Dall, 1920
  • Olinodia Dall, 1920
  • Reclasta Dall, 1920
  • Saeronia Dall, 1920
  • Stemmodiscus Dall, 1920
  • Pelecostoma Reibisch, 1892
  • Pleuropyrgus Albers, 1860
  • Omphalostyla H. Adams & Adams, 1855
  • Rhapiellus Pfeiffer, [1856]
  • Nesiotes Albers, 1860
  • Nesiotus Pfeiffer & Clessin, 1881
  • Protoglyptus Pilsbry, 1897
  • Rimatula Parodiz, 1946
  • Obstrussus Parodiz, 1946
  • Maranhoniellus Weyrauch, 1958

Naesiotus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Naesiotus include:

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Naesiotus include Ecuador, Colombia,[3] Dominica (1 species), Peru,[5] ...

Raw snails Naesiotus sp. being sold for consumption in local market in Ecuador.

Human use

People are sometimes consuming them raw, but consumption of raw snails is not recommended because snails can be vector of number of parasites.

References

  1. ^ a b Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141(1): 1-20. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
  2. ^ Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers: 1-262. Berlin. page 1962
  3. ^ a b Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 9 (1): 39–62.
  4. ^ Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
  5. ^ Weyrauch W. K. (1956). "The Genus Naesiotus with descriptions of new species and notes on others Peruvian Bulimulidae". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 108: 1-17.
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  • Breure A. S. H. (1975). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, II. Plekocheilus and Naesiotus". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 46: 71-93, pls. 6-8, tables 8-14.
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