Naesiotus Explained

Naesiotus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

Species within the genus Naesiotus include:

• Naesiotus achatellinus (Forbes, 1850)
• Naesiotus adelphus (Dall, 1917)
• Naesiotus akamatus (Dall, 1917)
• Naesiotus albemarlensis (Dall, 1917)
• Naesiotus alethorhytidus (Dall, 1917)
• Naesiotus altus (Dall, 1893)
• Naesiotus amastroides (Ancey, 1887)
• Naesiotus andivagus Weyrauch, 1956
• Naesiotus arnaldoi (Lanzieri & Rezende, 1971)
• Naesiotus bambamarcaensis Weyrauch, 1960
• Naesiotus beldingi (Cooper, 1892)
• Naesiotus calchaquinus (Doering, 1879)
• Naesiotus calvus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
• Naesiotus canaliferus (Reibisch, 1893)
• Naesiotus carlucioi (Rezende & Lanzieri, 1963)
• Naesiotus catlowiae (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
• Naesiotus cavagnaroi A. G. Smith, 1972
• Naesiotus cerrateae Weyrauch, 1967
• Naesiotus chemnitzioides (Forbes, 1850)
• Naesiotus christenseni (W. B. Miller & Reeder, 1984)
• Naesiotus cinerarius (Dall, 1917)
• Naesiotus cosmicus (Mabille, 1895)
• Naesiotus crepundius (d'Orbigny, 1835)
• Naesiotus cutisculptus (Ancey, 1901)
• Naesiotus deletangi (Parodiz, 1946)
• Naesiotus dentifer (Mabille, 1895)
• Naesiotus durangoanus (E. von Martens, 1893)
• Naesiotus elegantulus Weyrauch, 1956
• Naesiotus eos (Odhner, 1951)
• Naesiotus eschariferus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
• Naesiotus eudioptus (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897)
• Naesiotus excelsus (Gould, 1853)
• Naesiotus exornatus Reeve, 1849
• Naesiotus fernandezae Weyrauch, 1958
• Naesiotus gabbi (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1872)
• Naesiotus galapaganus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Naesiotus geophilus Weyrauch, 1967
• Naesiotus gigantensis (Christensen & W. B. Miller, 1977)
• Naesiotus gracillimus Weyrauch, 1956
• Naesiotus haasi Weyrauch, 1956
• Naesiotus haematospira (Pilsbry, 1900)
• Naesiotus hannai (Pilsbry, 1927)
• Naesiotus harribaueri (Jacobson, 1958)
• Naesiotus jacobi (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
• Naesiotus laevapex (Christensen & W. B. Miller, 1977)
• Naesiotus lopesi (Rezende, Lanzieri & Inada, 1972)
• Naesiotus lycodus (Dall, 1917)
• Naesiotus milleri (Hoffman, 1987)
• Naesiotus montezuma (Dall, 1893)
• Naesiotus montivagus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
• Naesiotus munsterii (d'Orbigny, 1837)
• Naesiotus nigromontanus (Dall, 1897)
• Naesiotus nuciformis (S.A.A. Petit De La Saussaye, 1853) (synonym: Bulimus nuciformis Petit, 1853)
• Naesiotus nuculus (L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
• Naesiotus nux (Broderip, 1832)
• Naesiotus ochsneri (Dall, 1917)
• Naesiotus oxylabris (Doering, 1879)
• Naesiotus pachys (Pilsbry, 1897)
• Naesiotus pallidior (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
• Naesiotus pallidus (Reibisch, 1893)
• Naesiotus pazianus (D'Orbigny, 1835)
• Naesiotus perspectivus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Naesiotus pilsbryi Weyrauch, 1956
• Naesiotus pollonerae (Ancey, 1897)
• Naesiotus quitensis (Pfeiffer, 1848) – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=859908&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
• Naesiotus reibischi (Dall, 1895)
• Naesiotus rhabdotus (Haas, 1951)
• Naesiotus rimatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
• Naesiotus rivasii (d'Orbigny, 1837)
• Naesiotus rocayanus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
• Naesiotus rugatinus (Dall, 1917)
• Naesiotus rugiferus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) (synonym: Bulimus rugiferus Sowerby I, 1833)
• Naesiotus rugulosus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
• Naesiotus sculpturatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Naesiotus silvaevagus Weyrauch, 1960
• Naesiotus spirifer (Gabb, 1868)
• Naesiotus stenogyroides (Guppy, 1868) – endemic to Dominica^[3]
• Naesiotus subcostatus (Haas, 1948) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=1118924&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
• Naesiotus tanneri (Dall, 1895)
• Naesiotus tarmensis Weyrauch, 1967
• Naesiotus trichodes (A.V.M.D. D'Orbigny, 1835)
• Naesiotus turritus Weyrauch, 1967
• Naesiotus unifasciatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
• Naesiotus ustulatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
• Naesiotus ventrosus (Reibisch, 1893)
• Naesiotus veseyianus (Dall, 1893)
• Naesiotus vestalis (Albers, 1854)
• Naesiotus willinki Breure, 1978
• Naesiotus wolfi (Reibisch, 1893)
• Naesiotus xantusi (Binney, 1861)
• Naesiotus zilchi Weyrauch, 1956

Species brought into synonymy:

• Naesiotus bicolor Weyrauch, 1967: synonym of Bostryx bicolor (Weyrauch, 1967)
• Naesiotus chrysalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of Protoglyptus chrysalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) (unaccepted combination)
• Naesiotus eudioptus (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897): synonym of Simpulopsis eudioptus (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897) (superseded combination)
• Naesiotus latecolumellaris Weyrauch, 1967: synonym of Bostryx latecolumellaris (Weyrauch, 1967) (original combination)
• * Naesiotus luciae (Pilsbry, 1897) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=1118923&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock: synonym of Protoglyptus luciae (Pilsbry, 1897)
• Naesiotus martinicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Protoglyptus martinicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (unaccepted combination)
• Naesiotus mazei (Crosse, 1874): synonym of Protoglyptus mazei (Crosse, 1874) (unaccepted combination)
• Naesiotus pilosus (Guppy, 1871): synonym of Protoglyptus pilosus (Guppy, 1871) (unaccepted combination)
• Naesiotus sanctaeluciae (E. A. Smith, 1889): synonym of Protoglyptus sanctaeluciae (E. A. Smith, 1889) (unaccepted combination)

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Naesiotus include Ecuador, Colombia,^[4] Dominica (1 species), Peru,^[5] ...

Human use

People are sometimes consuming them raw, but consumption of raw snails is not recommended because snails can be vector of number of parasites.

External links

• Albers, J. C.; Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Ed. 2. Pp. i–xviii, 1–359. Leipzig: Engelman
• Breure A. S. H. (1975). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, II. Plekocheilus and Naesiotus". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 46: 71–93, pls. 6–8, tables 8–14
• Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995859 on 17 February 2021
2. Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". 141(1): 1–20. .
3. Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
4. Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila . Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) . Biota Colombiana . 9 . 1 . 39–62 . 2008 .
5. Weyrauch W. K. (1956). "The Genus Naesiotus with descriptions of new species and notes on others Peruvian Bulimulidae". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 108: 1–17.