Pittieria

Pittieria
Drawing of apertural view of the shell of Pittieria aurantiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Testacelloidea
Family: Spiraxidae
Subfamily: Euglandininae
Genus: Pittieria
Diversity[2]
14 species

Pittieria is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Pittieria extends from Central Mexico to northern Panama.[2]

Species

Species in the genus Pittieria include:

Subgenus Pittieria Von Martens, 1901 include two[2] species:

  • Pittieria bicolor Von Martens, 1901 - type species[2]
  • Pittieria pittieri (Von Martens, 1901)[2]

Subgenus Laeviglandina Pilsbry, 1908 include nine[2] species:

  • Pittieria aurantiaca (Angas, 1879)[2]
  • Pittieria broctontomlini (Pilsbry, 1926)[2]
  • Pittieria chiriquiensis (Da Costa, 1900)[2]
  • Pittieria decidua (Pfeiffer, 1861)[2]
  • Pittieria izabellina (Pfeiffer, 1846)[2]
  • Pittieria lanceolata (Von Martens, 1891)[2]
  • Pittieria obtusa (Pfeiffer, 1844)[2]
  • Pittieria tryoniana Pilsbry, 1908[2]
  • Pittieria underwoodi (Fulton, 1897)[2]

Subgenus Shuttleworthia H. B. Baker, 1941 include three[2] species:

  • Pittieria ambigua (Pfeiffer, 1856)[2]
  • Pittieria arborea H. B. Baker, 1941[2]
  • Pittieria difficilis (Crosse and Fischer, 1869)[2]

References

  1. ↑ Martens E. v. (1901). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Mollusca. 601-706. British Museum (Natural History). page 617.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA". "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)". accessed 14 January 2011.
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