Silhouettia silhouettae

Silhouettia silhouettae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
Family: Streptaxidae
Subfamily: Streptaxinae
Genus: Silhouettia
Gerlach & van Bruggen, 1999[2]
Species: S. silhouettae
Binomial name
Silhouettia silhouettae
(Martens, 1898)[3]
Synonyms[2]
  • Streptaxis (Imperturbatia) constans var. Silhouettae Martens, 1898
  • Imperturbatia levieuxi

Silhouettia silhouettae is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.[4]

Silhouettia silhouettae is the only species within the genus Silhouettia.[2]

Distribution

Silhouettia silhouettae is endemic to Silhouette Island, the Seychelles.[2][4]

References

  1. Gerlach J. (2006). Silhouettia silhouettae. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 5 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1-60. abstract, PDF.
  3. Martens E. von & Wiegmann F. (1898). "Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Seychellen nach den Sammlungen von Dr. Aug. Brauer". Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Sammlung des Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin 1: 1-94. page 12.
  4. 1 2 Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.


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