Dyakia (gastropod)

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Dyakia
Snail (Dyakia janus) (8727878793).jpg
D. janus in Malaysia
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
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Dyakia

Diversity [2]
22 species

Dyakia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae.

Contents

Dyakia is the type genus of the family Dyakiidae. [3]

Species

The genus Dyakia include 22 [2] species:

Synonyms:

Related Research Articles

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<i>Omphalotropis</i> Genus of gastropods

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Ariophantidae Family of gastropods

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<i>Ariophanta</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Quantula striata</i> Species of gastropod

Quantula striata, also known as Dyakia striata, is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, tropical land snail. It is a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Dyakiidae. This species appears to be unique among terrestrial gastropods in that it is bioluminescent: Its eggs glow in the dark, and juveniles and most adults give off flashes of green light. It is the only species in the genus Quantula.

<i>Asperitas</i> Genus of gastropods

Asperitas is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae.

Everettia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae.

Kalamantania whiteheadi is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae.

<i>Macrochlamys</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Euplecta</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Trachia</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Geotrochus</i> Genus of gastropods

Geotrochus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trochomorphidae.

<i>Orpiella</i> Genus of gastropods

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References

  1. Godwin-Austen H. H. (1891) "On a collection of Land-shells made In Borneo by Mr. A. Everett, with Descriptions of supposed new species. Part II. Zonitidae and Helicidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1891: 22-47, p. 29.
  2. 1 2 Tumpeesuwan C., Naggs F. & Panha S. (31 August 2007) "A new genus and new species of dyakiid snail (Pulmonata: Dyakiidae) from the Phu Phan range, northeastern Thailand". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(2) Archived July 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine : 363-369. PDF
  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. Schepman M. M. (1896). "The Mollusca of the Dutch Scientific Borneo-Expedition, with description of the new species". Notes from the Leyden Museum 17: 145-162, plate 2-4.
  5. 1 2 3 Sykes E. R. (1905). "On three species of Dyakia from Western Sumatra". 227-228.
  6. "Mollusca. Testacellidae and Zonitidae". 1908.
  7. Isobe, M; Uyakul, D; Goto, T; Counsilman, J. J. (1988). "Dyakia bioluminescence--1. Bioluminescence and fluorescence spectra of the land snail, D. Striata". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 2 (2): 73–9. doi:10.1002/bio.1170020204. PMID   3213594..