Biology:Streptaxis saopaulensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Streptaxis saopaulensis
A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis from São Sebastião, Brazil
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Streptaxis
Species:
S. saopaulensis
Binomial name
Streptaxis saopaulensis
Pilsbry, 1930
Synonyms[1]
  • Streptaxis contusus saopaulensis Pilsbry, 1930

Streptaxis saopaulensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.[2]

A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis in an Atlantic Forest area near the city of São Sebastião, São Paulo state, Brazil
A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis retracted into its shell

References

  1. Pilsbry, H.A. (1930). "South American land and freshwater mollusks. Notes and description, 7". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 82: 361. 
  2. Streptaxis saopaulensis Pilsbry, 1930. 23 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

Further reading

  • Simone, L.R.L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. São Paulo: Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. p. 193. 
  • Brown, K. (2023). A guide to the hunter shells. Vol. 2. The Streptaxoidea. The Enneinae, Orthogibbinae, Marconiinae, Odontartemoninae, Streptaxinae and the Diapheridae. Germany: ConchBooks. p. 322. 

Wikidata ☰ Q106235365 entry