Suboestophora hispanica
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Suboestophora hispanica is a species
of small air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trissexodontidae
.
Suboestophora hispanica is the type species
of the genus Suboestophora.
Type locality is Valencia, Spain.
in 1910.
Gude's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of small air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
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 Trissexodontidae
Trissexodontidae
Trissexodontidae is a family of land snails, gastropods in the superfamily Helicoidea .This family has no subfamilies...
.
Suboestophora hispanica is the type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
of the genus Suboestophora.
Description
It is endemic to Spain.Type locality is Valencia, Spain.
Description
Suboestophora hispanica was originally described under the name Helicodonta hispanica by Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven GudeGerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude
Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude was a malacologist from the United Kingdom.- Bibliography :Among his works belongs two volumes of The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma....
in 1910.
Gude's original text (the type description) reads as follows: