Suboestophora

Suboestophora
Apical, apertural and umbilical view of a shell of Suboestophora hispanica.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Trissexodontidae
Genus:	Suboestophora Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962[1]
Diversity
6-7 species

Suboestophora is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Trissexodontidae, within the Helicoidea.[2] It is found in Spain.

Species

Species within the genus Suboestophora include:

• Suboestophora altamirai (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962)[2][3]
• Suboestophora boscae (Hidalgo, 1869)[2][3]
• Suboestophora ebria Corbella i Alonso, 2004[3]
• Suboestophora gasulli (Ortiz de Zárate Rocandio & Ortiz de Zárate López, 1961)[2][3] (synonym: Gasullia gasulli (Ortiz de Zárate Rocandio & Ortiz de Zárate López, 1961))
• Suboestophora hispanica (Gude, 1910) - type species[2][3]
• Suboestophora jeresae (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962)[2][3]
• Suboestophora kuiperi (Gasull, 1966)[2][3]
• Suboestophora tarraconensis (Aguilar-Amat, 1935)[2][3]

References

1. Ortiz de Zárate López A. (1962) "Observaciones anatómicas y posición sistemática de varios helícidos españoles. V. Género Oestophora Hesse, 1907". Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Biología) 60: 81-104.
2. "Suboestophora Ortiz de Zarate Lopez 1962". Fauna Europaea, accessed 13 January 2011.
3. "Species in genus Suboestophora" (n=8). AnimalBase, accessed 13 January 2011.