Silhouettia

Silhouettia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Subfamily: Orthogibbinae
Genus: Silhouettia
Gerlach & van Bruggen, 1999[3]
Species:
S. silhouettae
Binomial name
Silhouettia silhouettae
(Martens, 1898)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Streptaxis (Imperturbatia) constans var. Silhouettae Martens, 1898
  • Imperturbatia levieuxi

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.