Biology:Prestonella bowkeri
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Prestonella bowkeri | |
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| Prestonella bowkeri shell drawing (figure 5) | |
| Scientific classification | |
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Prestonellinae
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| Species: | P. bowkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Prestonella bowkeri (Sowerby, 1889)
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Bulimus bowkeri | |
Prestonella bowkeri is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae.
It was previously classified within Prestonellidae. cf.[2][3]
Prestonella bowkeri is the type species of the genus Prestonella.[1]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Eastern Cape,[4] South Africa.[5][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Herbert D. G. (2007). "Revision of the genus Prestonella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea: Bulimulidae s. l.), a distinctive component of the African land snail fauna". African Invertebrates 48(2): 1-19. abstract .
- ↑ Herbert D. G. & Mitchell A. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic land snail genus Prestonella: the missing African element in the Gondwanan superfamily Orthalicoidea (Mollusca: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 96(1): 203-221. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01109.x.
- ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel; Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ Govender V. (2007). "Patterns of Distribution, Diversity and Endemism of Terrestrial Molluscs in South Africa". Thesis. School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal. 219 pp. PDF.
- ↑ Breure B. (23 February 2008) "The extended family". Bram's Snail Site, accessed 7 April 2011.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7242040 entry
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