Pfeifferia (gastropod)
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| Shell of Pfeifferia stevenliei (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Pfeifferia Gray, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Helix micans L. Pfeiffer, 1845 | |
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Pfeifferia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicostylinae of the family Camaenidae.[1]
Species
[edit]- Pfeifferia aurata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841)
- Pfeifferia erubescens (C. Semper, 1877)
- Pfeifferia lividocincta (C. Semper, 1877)
- Pfeifferia luteocincta (C. Semper, 1877)
- Pfeifferia micans (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
- Pfeifferia pudibunda (C. Semper, 1877)
- Pfeifferia stevenliei Thach & Abbas, 2021
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pfeifferia Gray, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882191 on 2022-04-22
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
[edit]- Gray, J. E. (1853). Descriptions of two new genera (Pfeifferia and Janella) of land Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 12: 412–417
- Pilsbry, H. A. (1891-1892). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 7: Helicidae, vol.5. pp 1-225, pls 1-61. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences.
- Mörch, O. A. L. (1865). Quelques mots sur un arrangement des mollusques pulmonés terrestres (Géophiles, Fér.) basé sur le système naturel. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13: 376-396
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