Microstrophia Explained

Microstrophia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.^[1]

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Microstrophia include:

• Mauritius
• Réunion^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Microstrophia include:

• Microstrophia abnormala Griffiths & Florens, 2004 †
• Microstrophia baideri Griffiths & Florens, 2004 †
• Microstrophia clavulata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Microstrophia goudoti (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994)
• Microstrophia jacobsi (Griffiths, 2000)
• Microstrophia modesta Adams, 1867^[3]
• Microstrophia nana Peile, 1936^[4]
• Microstrophia toudogi (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Microstrophia cryptophora (Morelet, 1881): synonym of Juventigulella cryptophora (Morelet, 1881) (superseded combination)

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

• Martens, E. von. (1880). Mollusken. Pp. 179-353, pl. 19-22 In K. Möbius, F. Richters & E. von Martens, Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin: Gutmann

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Microstrophia Möllendorff, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883915 on 2021-07-26
2. 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. .
3. Griffiths O. (1996). Microstrophia modesta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
4. Griffiths O. (1996). Microstrophia nana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.