Biology:Limicolaria

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Limicolaria
Apertural view of a shell of Limicolaria aurora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Subfamily:	Limicolariinae
Genus:	Limicolaria Schumacher, 1817

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

Wikidata ☰ Q16984542 entry