Streptaxis saopaulensis

Streptaxis saopaulensis
A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis from São Sebastião, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Streptaxis
Species:
S. saopaulensis
Binomial name
Streptaxis saopaulensis
Pilsbry, 1930
Synonyms[1]
  • Streptaxis contusus saopaulensis Pilsbry, 1930

Streptaxis saopaulensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.[2]

A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis in an Atlantic Forest area near the city of São Sebastião, São Paulo state, Brazil
A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis retracted into its shell

References

  1. ^ Pilsbry, H.A. (1930). "South American land and freshwater mollusks. Notes and description, 7". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 82: 361.
  2. ^ Streptaxis saopaulensis Pilsbry, 1930. 23 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

Further reading

  • Simone, L.R.L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. São Paulo: Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. p. 193.
  • Brown, K. (2023). A guide to the hunter shells. Vol. 2. The Streptaxoidea. The Enneinae, Orthogibbinae, Marconiinae, Odontartemoninae, Streptaxinae and the Diapheridae. Germany: ConchBooks. p. 322.
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