Pfeifferia (gastropod)

Pfeifferia
Shell of Pfeifferia stevenliei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Helicoidei
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Pfeifferia Gray, 1853
Type species
Helix micans L. Pfeiffer, 1845
Synonyms[1]
Chloraea (Chromatosphaera) Pilsbry, 1892(superseded generic combination) Chloraea (Pfeifferia) Gray, 1853 (superseded combination) Cochlostyla (Chromatosphaera) Pilsbry, 1892 (superseded generic combination) Cochlostyla (Pfeifferia) Gray, 1853 (superseded combination) Helicostyla (Chromatosphaera) Pilsbry, 1892 (superseded combination) Helicostyla (Pfeifferia) Gray, 1853 (unaccepted rank) Pfeifferia (Chromatosphaera) Pilsbry, 1892 · alternate representation

Pfeifferia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicostylinae of the family Camaenidae.[1]

Species

• Pfeifferia aurata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841)
• Pfeifferia erubescens (C. Semper, 1877)
• Pfeifferia lividocincta (C. Semper, 1877)
• Pfeifferia luteocincta (C. Semper, 1877)
• Pfeifferia micans (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Pfeifferia pudibunda (C. Semper, 1877)
• Pfeifferia stevenliei Thach & Abbas, 2021

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pfeifferia Gray, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882191 on 2022-04-22

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

• Gray, J. E. (1853). Descriptions of two new genera (Pfeifferia and Janella) of land Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 12: 412–417
• Pilsbry, H. A. (1891-1892). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 7: Helicidae, vol.5. pp 1-225, pls 1-61. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences.
• Mörch, O. A. L. (1865). Quelques mots sur un arrangement des mollusques pulmonés terrestres (Géophiles, Fér.) basé sur le système naturel. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13: 376-396