Libera (gastropod)

Libera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae.[2]

Libera
Libera tumuloides shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Punctoidea
Family:
Endodontidae
Genus:
Libera

Synonyms
  • Garrettia Cossman, 1910 not Paetel, 1873
  • Garrettina Thiele, 1931

Originally the genus Libera was placed within the family Charopidae.[3]

Species

Species in the genus Libera include:[2]

  • Libera bursatella (Gould, 1876)
    • Libera bursatella bursatella (Gould, 1876)
    • Libera bursatella orofenensis Solem, 1976
  • Libera cookeana Solem, 1976
  • Libera dubiosa (Ancey, 1889)
  • Libera fratercula (Pease, 1867)
    • Libera fratercula fratercula (Pease, 1867)
    • Libera fratercula ratotongensis Solem, 1976
  • Libera garrettiana Solem, 1976
  • Libera gregaria Garret, 1884
  • Libera heynemanni (Pfeiffer, 1862)
  • Libera incognata Solem, 1976
  • Libera jackquinoti (Pfeiffer, 1850)
  • Libera micrasoma Solem, 1976
  • Libera recedens Garret, 1884
  • Libera retunsa (Pease, 1864)
  • Libera spuria (Ancey, 1889)
  • Libera streptaxon (Reeve, 1852)
  • Libera subcavernula (Tryon, 1887) - extinct, the type species
  • Libera tumuloides (Garrett, 1872) - extinct
  • Libera umbilicata Solem, 1976

Shell description

The genus Libera was described by Andrew Garrett in 1881. Garrett's type description reads as follows:[3]

Shell small, widely umbilicated, umbilicus (in adults) strongly constricted so as to form a cavernous or pouch-like cavity; whorls 7-9, costulate or striate, last one angulata or carinate, rarely rounded; aperture subrhomboidal or securiform; peristome thin, simple, straight; parietal region with one or two, and the palate with (rarely without) two or three, internal laminae; columella emarginate and furnished with a spiral fold.

Life cycle

These snails lay their eggs into the umbilicus of their own shells.[4]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[3]

  1. Garrett A. (1881) "The terrestrial mollusca inhabiting Cook's or Hervey Islands" Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2)8(4): 381-411.
  2. Solem A. (29 October 1976) "Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part I. Family Endodontidae". Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois,
  3. Hedley C. (1 September 1892) "Observations on the Charopdae. Part I." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 7(I): 157-169. Linnean Society of New South Wales. Plate 1-2.
  4. Heller J. (2001) Life history strategies. page 419. 413-445. In: Barker G. M. (ed.) The biology of terrestrial molluscs. Cabi Publishing. ISBN 0-85199-318-4.
  • Bishop museum info:
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