Silhouettia silhouettae

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Silhouettia silhouettae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Streptaxoidea
Family:
Streptaxidae
Subfamily:
Genus:
Silhouettia

Gerlach & van Bruggen, 1999[2]
Species:
S. silhouettae
Binomial name
Silhouettia silhouettae
(Martens, 1898)[3]
Synonyms[2]
  • Streptaxis (Imperturbatia) constans var. Silhouettae Martens, 1898
  • Imperturbatia levieuxi

Silhouettia silhouettae is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.[4]

Silhouettia silhouettae is the only species within the genus Silhouettia.[2]

Distribution[]

Silhouettia silhouettae is endemic to Silhouette Island, the Seychelles.[2][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Gerlach J. (2006). Silhouettia silhouettae. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 5 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1-60. abstract, PDF.
  3. ^ Martens E. von & (1898). "Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Seychellen nach den Sammlungen von Dr. Aug. Brauer". Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Sammlung des Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin 1: 1-94. page 12.
  4. ^ a b 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.


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