Diaphera
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Diaphera is a genus of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae
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Diaphera is the type genus
of the family Diapheridae.
The genus Diaphera is generally poorly known.
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae
Diapheridae
Streptaxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Streptaxoidea.Sutcharit et al. established the new family Diapheridae within the superfamily Streptaxoidea in 2010.- Genera:...
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Diaphera is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the family Diapheridae.
The genus Diaphera is generally poorly known.
Distribution
The distribution of Diaphera includes South-East Asia: Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines.Species
There are 39 species in the genus Diaphera include:- Diaphera brevicollis (Blanford, 1899)
- Diaphera canaliculata (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1896)
- Diaphera cumingianaDiaphera cumingianaDiaphera cumingiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Diapheridae.Diaphera cumingiana is the type species of the genus Diaphera....
Pfeiffer, 1845 - type species of the genus Diaphera - Diaphera cylindrelloidea (Stoliczka, 1871)
- Diaphera primaDiaphera primaDiaphera prima is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Diapheridae.The specific name prima is from the Latin language and it means "the first", because it is the first species of Diaphera confirmed from Thailand at the specific level.-...
Panha, 2010 - Diaphera saurini Benthem Jutting, 1962
- Diaphera seatoni (Beddome, 1891)
Further reading
- Bruggen A. C vanAdolph Cornelis van BruggenAdolph Cornelis van Bruggen, also known as A. C. van Bruggen or Dolf van Bruggen is a malacologist, entomologist and botanist from the Netherlands. His interest in the tropics and tropical Africa has dominated his broad scientific interest for more than 50 years now...
(1975). "New data on Cylindrella cumingiana Pfeiffer, 1845, type species of the genus Diaphera Albers, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Streptaxidae)". Proceedings of the Koninklÿke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam series C 78: 167-171. - Vermeulen J. J. (1990). "Notes on the non marine mollusks of the island of Borneo 1. The genus Diaphera (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Streptaxidae)". Basteria 54: 159-165.