Tortulosa Explained

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

These snails are restricted to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.^[3]

34 species are recognized.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Species

• Tortulosa albescens (Blanford, 1880)
• Tortulosa aurea (Pfeiffer 1855)
• Tortulosa austeniana (Benson 1853)
• Tortulosa barnaclei Tomlin 1928
• Tortulosa blanfordi (Dohrn, 1862)
• Tortulosa calcadensis (Blanford, 1869)
• Tortulosa colletti (Sykes, 1898)
• Tortulosa congener (Sykes, 1905)
• Tortulosa connectens (Fulton, 1903)
• Tortulosa costulata (Blanford, 1880)
• Tortulosa cumingi (Pfeiffer 1855)
• Tortulosa decora (Benson, 1853)
• Tortulosa duplicate (Pfeiffer 1855)
• Tortulosa eurytrema (Pfeiffer 1855)
• Tortulosa greeni (Sykes, 1899)
• Tortulosa haemastoma (Pfeiffer 1855)
• Tortulosa hartleyi Tomlin 1928
• Tortulosa layardi (Pfeiffer 1855)
• Tortulosa leucocheilus (A. Adams & Sowerby, 1866)
• Tortulosa marginata (Pfeiffer 1855)
• Tortulosa naggsi Raheem & S. Schneider, 2017 - extinct
• Tortulosa nevilli (Sykes, 1898)
• Tortulosa nietneri (Nevill, 1871)
• Tortulosa presoni (Sykes, 1905)
• Tortulosa pyramidata (Pfeiffer 1855)
• Tortulosa recurvata (Pfeiffer, 1862)
• Tortulosa rugosa (Fulton, 1903)
• Tortulosa smithi (Sykes, 1905)
• Tortulosa sykesi (Fulton, 1903)
• Tortulosa templemani (Pfeiffer 1855)
• Tortulosa thwaitesi (Pfeiffer 1855)
• Tortulosa tortuosa (Gray, 1825)

Synonyms:

• Tortulosa huberi Thach, 2018: synonym of Tortulosa tortuosa (Gray, 1825) (junior subjective synonym)
• Tortulosa schileykoi Thach & F. Huber, 2018: synonym of Tortulosa tortuosa (Gray, 1825) (junior subjective synonym)

References

• Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1948). New Malay land-shells. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 27: 224–225, 1 plate.

External links

• Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219
• Pfeiffer, L. (1851-1852). Conspectus Cyclostomaceorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 8(10): 145–160 [December 1851]; 8(11): 161–176
• Kobelt W. (1902). Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. 16. Lieferung. Mollusca. Cyclophoridae. Das Tierreich. XXXIX + 662 pp., 1 map

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tortulosa Gray, 1847. itis. 25 February 2019.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tortulosa Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=990894 on 2022-10-06
3. Book: The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research, and Conservation . 9789558177518 . 25 February 2019. Bambaradeniya . Channa N. B. . 2006 .
4. Web site: Taxon details - Tortulosa Gray, 1847 9 . WoRMS . 25 February 2019.
5. Web site: Family: PUPINIDAE . WMSD. 25 February 2019.
6. Web site: Shell Encyclopedia . conchology. 25 February 2019.