Glyptoconus Explained

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

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Glyptoconus includes:

• Busuangga Island, the Philippines^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Glyptoconus include:

• Glyptoconus mirus Möllendorff - the type species of the genus Glyptoconus

See also

The conodont genus name Glyptoconus Kennedy, 1981 has been replaced by Colaptoconus in 1994.^[2]

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. Colaptoconus (Conodonta), a replacement name for Glyptoconus Kennedy, 1981, non Glyptoconus von Moellendorff, 1894. David J. Kennedy, Journal of Paleontology, November 1994, volume 68, issue 6 (link)