Gaeotis

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Gaeotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group

Contents

Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Amphibulimidae
Genus:
Gaeotis

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. LocationPuertoRico.png
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:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 3 4 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.
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