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Oestophora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Trissexodontidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Trissexodontidae, Suboestophora, Pseudotachea, Xerotricha, Caracollina lenticula

Oestophora calpeana


Oestophora is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Trissexodontidae.

Contents

Oestophora calpeana morelet 1854


Distribution

The distribution of the genus Oestophora includes western Iberian peninsula, north Africa and the Azores.

Description

The shell is ribbed, with rounded or keeled whorls. The apertural margin is reflected and thickened.

Reproductive system: There is no flagellum, no penial papilla. There is one small dart sac, one longer accessory sac separated from vaginal walls and vagina with 3 simple and long accessory (mucus) glands.

The number of haploid chromosomes is 30.

Species

Species within the genus Oestophoa include:

  • Oestophora barbula (Rossmässler, 1838)
  • Oestophora calpeana (Morelet, 1854)
  • Oestophora dorotheae Hesse, 1930
  • Oestophora granesae Arrébola Burgos, 1998
  • Oestophora lusitanica (Pfeiffer, 1841) - type species
  • Oestophora ortizi Winter & Ripken, 1991
  • Oestophora silvae Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962
  • Oestophora tarnieri (Morelet, 1854)

    • Synonyms:

  • Oestophora turriplana is a synonym for Gittenbergeria turriplana (Morelet, 1845)

    • References

    Oestophora Wikipedia
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