Draparnaudia

Not to be confused with Draparnaldia, the genus of green algae.

Draparnaudia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily: Partuloidea
Family: Draparnaudiidae
Solem, 1962[1]
Genus: Draparnaudia
Diversity[3]
6 species

Draparnaudia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea.

Draparnaudia is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae.

Both the family name and the genus name of these snails were created to honor the 18th century French malacologist Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to New Caledonia, in Melanesia and - probably introduced - to Vanuatu.

Taxonomy

The family Draparnaudiidae is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Draparnaudia is the type genus of the family Draparnaudiidae.[4]

Draparnaudiidae consists of one genus with six species:[3]

  • Draparnaudia anniae Tillier & Mordan, 1995
  • Draparnaudia gassiesi Pilsbry, 1902
  • Draparnaudia michaudi Montrouzier, 1859 - type species
  • Draparnaudia singularis (Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Draparnaudia subnecata Tillier & Mordan, 1995
  • Draparnaudia walkeri Sykes, 1903

References

  1. Solem A. (1962) "Notes on, and descriptions of new Hebridean land snails". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 9(5): 215-247. page 219.
  2. Montrouzier (1859). J. Conchyliol. 7: 288.
  3. 1 2 Tillier S. & Mordan P. B. (1995). "The anatomy and systematics of the New Caledonian land snail genus Draparnaudia Montrouzier, 1859 (Pulmonata: Orthurethra)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113(1): 47-91, London 1994 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00336.x.
  4. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.


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