Papustyla

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Papustyla
PapustylaPulcherrima1.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Papustyla pulcherrima
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Papustyla
Pilsbry, 1893
Type species
Cochlostyla hindei Cox, 1886
Synonyms[1]
  • Hombronula Iredale, 1941
  • Papuina (Papustyla) Pilsbry, 1893

Papustyla is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily of the family Camaenidae. [1]

Species[]

This genus contains the following species:[2]

  • (Cox, 1870) Chance's Papustyla.
  • (Cox 1870), Chapman's Papustyla.
  • (H. Adams, 1872) Ferguson's Papustyla.
  • (Cox, 1886)
  • (Fulton, 1905) Lily-white Papustyla.
  • (I. Rensch & B. Rensch, 1929) New Pommeran Papustyla.
  • Papustyla pulcherrima (I. Rensch, 1931) Emerald green snail.
  • (Pfeiffer, 1861) Golden mouth Papustyla.
Species brought into synonymy
  • Papustyla horderi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1890): synonym of Papuina antiqua horderi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1890)(superseded combination)

References[]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Papustyla Pilsbry, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995932 on 2021-12-05
  2. ^ Abbott, R. Tucker. 1989. Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists. p. 149.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017

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