Oophana

Oophana
Oophana
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: Orthogibbinae
Genus: Oophana
Ancey, 1884[1]

Oophana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.[2]

Contents

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Oophana include:

  • South-East Asia[2]

Species

Species within the genus Oophana include:

  • Oophana bulbulus (Morelet, 1862) - type species[3]
  • Oophana diaphanopepla van Benthem Jutting[4]
  • Oophana elisa Gould, 1856[3]
  • Oophana tiomanensis Clements, 2006[3]

References

  1. ^ Ancey C. M. F. (1884). Le Naturaliste (1)2(50): 399.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Clements R. (2006). "Oophana tiomanensis, a new streptaxid (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Streptaxidae) from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54(1): 125-127. PDF.
  4. ^ Berry A. J. (1963). "The anatomy of two Malayan limestone hill Streptaxidae, Sinoennea kanchingensis Tomlin and Oophana diaphanopepla van Benthem Jutting, with special reference to the genital system". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 35: 139-150.

Further reading

  • Van Bentham Jutting W. S. S. (1954). "The Malayan Streptaxidae of the genera Discartemon and Oophana". Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 25: 71-106. PDF.
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