Diastole (gastropod) explained

Diastole is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae.^[1]

Species

Species in the genus Diastole include: https://web.archive.org/web/20070708210035/http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/PBS/samoasnail/idguide.asp?taxID=49646650

• Diastole bryani H. B. Baker, 1938
• Diastole conula (Pease, 1861)
• Diastole exposita (Mousson, 1873)
• Diastole fornicata (Ancey, 1889)
• Diastole futunae H. B. Baker, 1938
• Diastole glaucina Baker, 1938
• Diastole lamellaxis Baker, 1938
• Diastole lauae H. B. Baker, 1938
• Diastole matafaoi Baker, 1938, Mount Matafao different snail
• Diastole necrodes H. B. Baker, 1938
• Diastole rurutui H. B. Baker, 1938
• Diastole savaii Baker, 1938
• Diastole schmeltziana (Mousson, 1865)
• Diastole simonei Thach & F. Huber, 2017 (taxon inquirendum)
• Diastole subcarinata Solem, 1959
• Diastole tenuistriata Preece, 1995
• Diastole tongana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

References

• Baker, H. B. (1938). Zonitid snails from Pacific Islands. Part 1. Southern genera of Microcystinae. Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin. 158: 1–102, 20 pls.
• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

• Bishop museum guide to Samoan land snails, Diastole species with images and other info
• Gude, G. K. (1913). Definitions of further new genera of Zonitidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10: 389-391
• Iredale, T. (1913). The land Mollusca of the Kermadec islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(6): 364-388, pl. 18

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diastole Gude, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875271 on 2020-10-21