Libera (gastropod) explained

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

Originally the genus Libera was placed within the family Charopidae.

Species

Species in the genus Libera include:^[1]

• Libera bursatella (Gould, 1876)
  • Libera bursatella bursatella (Gould, 1876)
  • Libera bursatella orofenensis Solem, 1976
• Libera cookeana Solem, 1976
• Libera dubiosa (Ancey, 1889)
• Libera fratercula (Pease, 1867)
  • Libera fratercula fratercula (Pease, 1867)
  • Libera fratercula ratotongensis Solem, 1976
• Libera garrettiana Solem, 1976
• Libera gregaria Garret, 1884
• Libera heynemanni (Pfeiffer, 1862)
• Libera incognata Solem, 1976
• Libera jackquinoti (Pfeiffer, 1850)
• Libera micrasoma Solem, 1976
• Libera recedens Garret, 1884
• Libera retunsa (Pease, 1864)
• Libera spuria (Ancey, 1889)
• Libera streptaxon (Reeve, 1852)
• Libera subcavernula (Tryon, 1887) - extinct, the type species
• Libera tumuloides (Garrett, 1872) - extinct
• Libera umbilicata Solem, 1976

Shell description

The genus Libera was described by Andrew Garrett in 1881. Garrett's type description reads as follows:^[2]

Life cycle

These snails lay their eggs into the umbilicus of their own shells.^[3]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.^[2]

External links

• Bishop museum info: http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=9104

Notes and References

1. [Alan Solem|Solem A.]
2. [Charles Hedley|Hedley C.]
3. Heller J. (2001) Life history strategies. page 419. 413-445. In: Barker G. M. (ed.) The biology of terrestrial molluscs. Cabi Publishing. .