Biology:Sheldonia

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Short description: Genus of gastropods


Sheldonia
Sheldonia fuscicolor.png
Montane tail-wagger snail, Sheldonia fuscicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Sheldoniinae[1]
Genus:
Sheldonia

Ancey, 1887[2]

Sheldonia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocyclidae. Sheldonia is the type genus of the subfamily Sheldoniinae.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of this genus includes South Africa.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Sheldonia include:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 
  2. Ancey C. M. F. (1887). The Conchologists’ Exchange 1: 53.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Adrian J. Armstrong A. J. & Brand J. F. (2012). "Invertebrates on isolated peaks in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, South Africa". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 54(1): 10 pp. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v54i1.1082
  4. Herbert, D.G. (2004). "Sheldonia puzeyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T44709A10937991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44709A10937991.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44709/10937991. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 

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