Bruggennea Explained

Bruggennea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.

The generic name Bruggennea is in honor of Dutch malacologist Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Bruggennea includes:

• Kalimantan, Indonesia^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Bruggennea include:

• Bruggennea luminifera ^[2]
• Bruggennea bongi ^[3]
• Bruggennea laidlawi ^[4]

Notes and References

1. 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. .
2. Bruggennea luminifera http://borneanlandsnails.lifedesks.org/pages/992
3. Bruggennea bongi http://borneanlandsnails.lifedesks.org/pages/921
4. Bruggennea laidlawi http://borneanlandsnails.lifedesks.org/pages/991