Biology:Prestonella bowkeri

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Prestonella bowkeri
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Prestonella bowkeri shell drawing (figure 5)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Prestonellinae
Genus:
Species:
P. bowkeri
Binomial name
Prestonella bowkeri
(Sowerby, 1889)
Synonyms[1]

Bulimus bowkeri

Prestonella bowkeri is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae.

It was previously classified within Prestonellidae. cf.[2][3]

Prestonella bowkeri is the type species of the genus Prestonella.[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Eastern Cape,[4] South Africa.[5][1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Herbert D. G. (2007). "Revision of the genus Prestonella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea: Bulimulidae s. l.), a distinctive component of the African land snail fauna". African Invertebrates 48(2): 1-19. abstract .
  2. Herbert D. G. & Mitchell A. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic land snail genus Prestonella: the missing African element in the Gondwanan superfamily Orthalicoidea (Mollusca: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 96(1): 203-221. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01109.x.
  3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel; Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 
  4. Govender V. (2007). "Patterns of Distribution, Diversity and Endemism of Terrestrial Molluscs in South Africa". Thesis. School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal. 219 pp. PDF.
  5. Breure B. (23 February 2008) "The extended family". Bram's Snail Site, accessed 7 April 2011.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7242040 entry