- Giffordius
Taxobox
name = Giffordius
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regnum =Animalia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
ordo =Pulmonata
subordo =Eupulmonata
infraordo =Stylommatophora
parvordo =Sigmurethra
superfamilia =Helicoidea
familia =Polygyridae
genus = "Giffordius"
genus_authority = Pilsbry 1930 [Pilsbry, Henry A. 1930. Notes and News. Nautilus 43(4): 142]"Giffordius" is a
gastropod genus, consisting of terrestrial snails in the familyPolygyridae . The two known species, found onNew Providence ,Bahamas , were named after the early conservationist and politician,Gifford Pinchot and his wife, Cornelia, who discovered them. [Miller, Char. 2001. Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism. Island Press: p. 300] These snails are unusual among polygyrids in beingovoviviparous rather thanoviparous . [Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 577.] The genus "Giffordius" contains the following species:
* "Giffordius corneliae "
* "Giffordius pinchotii "References
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