Naesiotus

Naesiotus
Naesiotus stenogyroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bulimulidae
Subfamily: Bulimulinae
Genus: Naesiotus
J. C. Albers, 1850
Type species
Bulimus nux Broderip, 1832
Synonyms
  • Bulimulus (Naesiotus) Albers, 1850
  • Bulimulus (Pelecostoma) Reibisch, 1893 (original combination)
  • Bulimus (Naesiotus) Albers, 1850 (original rank)
  • Naesiotus (Adenodia) Dall, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Naesiotus (Granella) Dall, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Naesiotus (Granitza) Dall, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Naesiotus (Granucis) Dall, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Naesiotus (Maranhoniellus) Weyrauch, 1958· accepted, alternate representation
  • Naesiotus (Naesiotus) Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation
  • Naesiotus (Nuciscus) Dall, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Naesiotus (Ochsneria) Dall, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Naesiotus (Pelecostoma) Reibisch, 1893· accepted, alternate representation
  • Naesiotus (Pleuropyrgus) E. von Martens, 1860· accepted, alternate representation
  • Naesiotus (Reclasta) Dall, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Naesiotus (Stemmodiscus) Dall, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Nesiotes E. von Martens, 1860
  • Obstrussus Parodiz, 1946
  • Olinodia Dall, 1920
  • Rhaphiellus L. Pfeiffer, 1856
  • Saeronia Dall, 1920

Naesiotus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.

Species

Species within the genus Naesiotus include:

Species brought into synonymy

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Naesiotus include Ecuador, Colombia, Dominica (1 species), Peru, ...

Raw snails Naesiotus sp. being sold for consumption in local market in Ecuador.

Human use

People are sometimes consuming them raw, but consumption of raw snails is not recommended because snails can be vector of number of parasites.

References

  1. ↑ Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers: 1–262. Berlin. page 1962
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995859 on 17 February 2021
  3. ↑ Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141(1): 1–20. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
  4. ↑ Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 9 (1): 39–62.
  6. ↑ Weyrauch W. K. (1956). "The Genus Naesiotus with descriptions of new species and notes on others Peruvian Bulimulidae". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 108: 1–17.