Tamayoa Explained

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

Tamayoa is the type genus of the subfamily Tamayoinae.

Species

Species within the genus Tamayoa include:

• Tamayoa banghaasi Thiele - synonym: Happia banghaasi
• Tamayoa decolorata (Drouët, 1859)^{[1] [2]}
• Tamayoa venezuelensis H. B. Baker^[1]

Notes and References

1. Schileyko A. A. (2000). "Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate mollusks. Part 6. Rhytidae, Chlamydephoridae, Systrophiidae, Haplotrematidae, Streptaxidae, Spiraxidae, Oleacinidae, Testacellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2: 731-880, figs 950-1154. page 758-759.
2. 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