Streptostele Explained

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

Distribution

Indigenous distribution of the genus Streptostele include:

• Afrotropical: Uganda (4 described species, 2 undescribed species),...^[2]
• islands in the Gulf of Guinea
• the Seychelles
• Comoros
• Mascarenes^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Streptostele include:

• Streptostele abbreviata D. T. Holyoak, G. A. Holyoak & Sinclair, 2020
• Streptostele acicula (Morelet, 1877)
• Streptostele alluaudi Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914
• Streptostele angustior (Preston, 1911)
• Streptostele arambourgi Germain, 1934
• Streptostele auriformis Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele babaulti Germain, 1919
• Streptostele bacillum Pilsbry, 1919^[2]
• Streptostele bequaerti Pilsbry, 1919
• Streptostele bequaertiana (Pilsbry, 1919)
• Streptostele buchholzi E. von Martens, 1876
• Streptostele candelula Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele centralis Pilsbry, 1919
• Streptostele cheranganiensis Germain, 1934
• Streptostele clara Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele clavulus Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele coloba Pilsbry, 1919^[2]
• Streptostele columna Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele congoris Pilsbry, 1919
• Streptostele constricta Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele costulata E. von Martens, 1892
• Streptostele crassicrenulata Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele crassiplicata Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele crenulata (E.A. Smith, 1901)
• Streptostele curvata Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele curvicolumella (Connolly, 1922)
• Streptostele cylindrica Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele decaryi (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974)
• Streptostele elegans (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914)
• Streptostele elgonensis Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele elongata Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele exasperata Preston, 1912
• Streptostele fallooni Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele fastigiata (Morelet, 1848)
• Streptostele feai Germain, 1912
• Streptostele folini (Morelet, 1858)
• Streptostele hasta Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele herma Connolly, 1912
• Streptostele horei E. A. Smith, 1890^[2]
• Streptostele inconspicua van Bruggen, 1964
• Streptostele iota Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele jaeckeli Venmans, 1959
• Streptostele jeanneli Germain, 1934
• Streptostele jod Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele kenyana Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele kilimanjaroensis Blume, 1965
• Streptostele klemmi Blume, 1959
• Streptostele langi Pilsbry, 1919
• Streptostele lenta (E. A. Smith, 1903)
• Streptostele leopoldvillensis Pilsbry, 1919
• Streptostele leroii (C. R. Boettger, 1915)
• Streptostele lessensis (Pilsbry, 1919)
• Streptostele limpida (E. von Martens, 1897)
• Streptostele milneedwardsi (Bourguignat, 1883)
• Streptostele minor E. von Martens, 1897
• Streptostele modelli Blume, 1952
• Streptostele monotropha (Germain, 1934)
• Streptostele moreletiana Dohrn, 1866
• Streptostele nitida Neubert, 2004
• Streptostele nyiroensis Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele ordinaria Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele oribates Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele osculum Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele patruelis Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele polymorpha Preston, 1912
• Streptostele rutshuruensis (Pilsbry, 1919)
• Streptostele sanctuarii van Bruggen, 1966
• Streptostele scotti Connolly, 1941
• Streptostele signata Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele simplex E. A. Smith, 1890
• Streptostele sinuilabiata Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele streptosteloides (E. von Martens, 1897)
• Streptostele subangusta E. von Martens, 1891
• Streptostele subvaricosa (E. von Martens, 1897)
• Streptostele suradensis Connolly, 1931
• Streptostele terebra (Preston, 1911)
• Streptostele teres Pilsbry, 1919^[2]
• Streptostele truncata Germain, 1915
• Streptostele unidentata Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele urguessensis Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele validor Connolly, 1922
• Streptostele varicosa (d'Ailly, 1910)
• Streptostele venusta (E. A. Smith, 1903)
• Streptostele vicina (Preston, 1911)
• Streptostele vitroni Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994
• Streptostele zambiensis Pilsbry, 1919

subgenus ?

• "Streptostele (Streptostele) species A" from Uganda^[2]
• "Streptostele (Streptostele) species B" from Uganda^[2]

Synonyms

• Streptostele bonjongoensis Tryon, 1885: synonym of Rhabdogulella buchholzi (E. von Martens, 1876) (unnecessary, unused replacement name)
• Streptostele dautzenbergi Pilsbry, 1919: synonym of Streptostele minor E. von Martens, 1897 (junior synonym)
• Streptostele insignis (E. A. Smith, 1898): synonym of Streptostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860): synonym of Tomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym)
• Streptostele lucida (J. S. Gibbons, 1879): synonym of Streptostele bawriensis (Pilsbry, 1905) (junior secondary homonym replaced by Opeas bawriense Pilsbry, 1905)
• Streptostele maheensis Connolly, 1925: synonym of Streptostele acicula (Morelet, 1877) (junior synonym)
• Streptostele meridionalis van Bruggen, 1966: synonym of Streptostele herma Connolly, 1912 (junior synonym)
• Streptostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860): synonym of Tomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860)
• Streptostele roccatii (Pollonera, 1906): synonym of Primigulella linguifera (E. von Martens, 1895)

References

• Thiele, J. (1911). Mollusken der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1907–1908. Band III, Zoologie I. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. Pp. 175–214.
• Holyoak, D. T.; Holyoak, G. A.; Lima, R. F. D.; Panisi, M.; Sinclair, F. (2020). A checklist of the land Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, with new records and descriptions of new taxa. Iberus: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología, (Iberus).38(2): 219–319.

External links

• Smith, E. A. (1890). On a new genus and some new species of shells from Lake Tanganyika. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 6, 6: 93-96
• Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1915). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des Sudans. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875243 on 2022-06-30
2. Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 87-100. .
3. 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. .