Oestophora

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Oestophora
File:Oestophora barbula 01.JPG
Oestophora barbula (Rossmässler, 1838)
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Oestophora

Hesse, 1907[1]
Diversity[2]
about 10 species

Oestophora is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Trissexodontidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Oestophora includes western Iberian Peninsula, north Africa and the Azores.[2]

Description

The shell is ribbed, with rounded or keeled whorls.[2] The apertural margin is reflected and thickened.[2]

Reproductive system

There is no flagellum, or penial papilla.[2] There is one small dart sac, one longer accessory sac separated from vaginal walls and a vagina with three simple and long accessory (mucous) glands.[2] The number of haploid chromosomes is 30.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Oestophoa include:

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References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [2]

  1. (in German) Hesse P. (1907). "Kritische Fragmente". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 39(2): 69-77. Frankfurt am Main. page 76.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Genus summary for Oestophora". AnimalBase, last modified 17 July 2008, accessed 13 January 2011.
  3. Prieto C. E., Puente A. I, Altonaga K. & Gomez J. (1993). "Genital morphology of Caracolina lenticula (Michaud, 1831), with a new proposal of classification of helicodontoid genera (Pulmonata: Hygromioidea)". Malacologia 35(1): 63-77. page 73-74.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "Species in genus Oestophora (n=8)". AnimalBase, accessed 12 January 2011.
  5. Hovestadt, Adriaan; E. J. Ripken, Theo (1 January 2015). "A new Oestophora (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Trissexodontidae) from Ilha da Berlenga, Portugal". Basteria. 79 (1/3): 30–31. ISSN 0005-6219. Retrieved 9 September 2021.