Enteroplax Explained

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

Species

The genus Enteroplax includes the following species:

• Enteroplax boholensis (Gude) - from Bohol, Philippines
• Enteroplax kanjiokuboi Minato & Tada, 1992 - from Taiwan^[1]
• Enteroplax quadrasi (Möllendorff) - type species, from Luzon, Philippines^[2]
• Enteroplax taiwanica Minato & Tada, 1992 - from Taiwan^[1]
• Enteroplax trochospira (Möllendorff) - from Cebu, Philippines
• Enteroplax yaeyamensis Habe & Chinen, 1974 - from Yaeyama Islands, Japan^[3]

Further reading

• Minato H. (1982). 日本のクチミゾガイ類. "Eostrobilops and Enteroplax from Japan (Strobilopsidae)". 日本貝類学会研究連絡誌 The Chiribotan. CiNii.

Notes and References

1. Minato H. & Tada A. (1992). "台湾で採集されたクチミゾガイ科の 2 新種 Two New Species of the Genus Enteroplax from Taiwan (Pulmonata : Strobilopsidae)". The Japanese journal of malacology. Venus 51(3): 159-162. CiNii.
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3. Habe T. & Chinen M. (1974). "八重山群島石垣・西表両島の陸産貝類相とその生物地理学的意義 Land Molluscan Fauna of Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands, with Notes on Biogeography of Ryukyu Archipelago". Memoirs of the National Science Museum 7: 121. PDF CiNii.