Biology:Limicolaria

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Short description: Genus of gastropods


Limicolaria
Limicolaria aurora shell.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Limicolaria aurora
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Limicolariinae
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Limicolaria

Schumacher, 1817[1]

Limicolaria is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.

Species

Species within the genus Limacolaria include:

  • Limicolaria abinsiensis Shackleford and Spence 1916
  • Limicolaria adansoni Pfeiffer, 1861
  • Limicolaria aurora Jay, 1839 - Cameroun, Senegal
  • Limicolaria cailliaudi Pfeiffer
  • Limicolaria charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1889 - Congo
  • Limicolaria dimidiata Martens, 1880 - Sudan
  • Limicolaria distincta Putzeys, 1898 - Congo
  • Limicolaria flammea Müller, 1774 - Nigeria
    • Limicolaria flammea festiva von Martens, 1869 - Sierra Leone
    • Limicolaria flammea spekiana Grandidier, 1881 - Sudan
  • Limicolaria flammulata Pfeiffer, 1847
  • Limicolaria kambeul Bruguiere, 1792 - Sudan, Senegal
    • Limicolaria kambeul turriformis Bruguiere, 1792
  • Limicolaria martensi Martens - Africa
    • Limicolaria martensi karagweensis Kobelt, 1913 - Congo
    • Limicolaria martensi pallidistriga Martens, 1895 - Congo
  • Limicolaria martensiana E. A. Smith, 1880 - Uganda, Nigeria
    • Limicolaria martensiana laikipiaensis E. A. Smith, 1913 - Kenya
  • Limicolaria numidica Reeve - Cameroon
  • Limicolaria saturata E. A. Smith, 1895 - Kenya, Tanzania
    • Limicolaria saturata chromatica Pilsbry, 1904 - Congo
  • Limicolaria smithii Preston, 1906 - Uganda
  • Limicolaria turriformis von Martens
  • Limicolaria zebra Pilsbry - Cameroun

References

  1. Schumacher H. C. F. (1817). Ess. Vers test. 61 (as Limicularia p. 200).

Wikidata ☰ Q16984542 entry