Silhouettia
| Silhouettia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Streptaxidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthogibbinae |
| Genus: | Silhouettia Gerlach & van Bruggen, 1999[3] |
| Species: | S. silhouettae
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| Binomial name | |
| Silhouettia silhouettae | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Silhouettia silhouettae is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.[4]
Silhouettia silhouettae is the only species within the genus Silhouettia.[3]
Distribution
Silhouettia silhouettae is endemic to Silhouette Island, the Seychelles.[3][4]
References
- ^ Gerlach, J. (2009). "Silhouettia silhouettae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009 e.T168153A6460773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168153A6460773.en. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ von Martens E.; Wiegmann F. (1898). "Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Seychellen nach den Sammlungen von Dr. Aug. Brauer". Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Sammlung des Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin (in German). 1: 12.
- ^ a b c d Gerlach J.; Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 328: 1–60.
- ^ a b 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. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.