Naesiotus

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:	Orthalicidae
Subfamily:	Bulimulinae
Genus:	Naesiotus Albers, 1850[1]
Synonyms[2]
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 Orthalicidae.

Species

Species within the genus Naesiotus include:

• Naesiotus quitensis (Pfeiffer, 1848) - [1]
• Naesiotus stenogyroides (Guppy, 1868) - endemic to Dominica^[3]

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Naesiotus include Colombia,^[2] Dominica (1 species), Peru,^[4] ...

References

1. ^ Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers: 1-262. Berlin. page 1962
2. ^ ^{a b} Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Biota Colombiana 9 (1): 39–62. http://www.siac.net.co/biota/bitstream/123456789/245/1/malacofauna.pdf. 
3. ^ 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
4. ^ 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.

External links

• Naesiotus at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.
• 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.