Gaeotis

Gaeotis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Amphibulimidae
Genus:	Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854 [1]
Diversity [2]
4 species

Gaeotis is a genus of air-breathing land semi-slugs, ^[3] terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.

Distribution

Location of Puerto Rico, where the genus Gaeotis is endemic to.

The genus Gaeotis is endemic to Puerto Rico. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

Species within the genus Gaeotis include:

• Gaeotis albopunctulata Shuttleworth, 1854 ^[1]
• Gaeotis flavolineata Shuttleworth, 1854 ^[1]
• Gaeotis malleata Pilsbry, 1899 ^[2]
• Gaeotis nigrolineata Shuttleworth, 1854 ^[1] - type species of the genus Gaeotis ^[2]

References

1. Shuttleworth R. J. (1854). "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico". Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern 1854(314-316): 33-56.
2. Breure A. S. H. (1974). "Notes On the Genus Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae)". Netherlands Journal of Zoology 24(3): 236-252. doi : 10.1163/002829674X00057. PDF Archived 2012-09-07 at the Wayback Machine .
3. Breure A. S. H. (2010). "The rediscovery of a semi-slug: Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 (Gastropoda, Pleurodontidae) from Hispaniola". Basteria 74(4-6): 78-86.