Gibbus

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Gibbus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Subfamily: Orthogibbinae
Genus: Gibbus
Montfort, 1810 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Gibbus (Gibbulina) Beck, 1837
  • Pupa (Gibbus) Montfort, 1810

Gibbus is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Streptaxidae. [3]

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Distribution

The genus Gibbus was endemic to Mauritius and it is now extinct. [3]

Species

Species within the genus Gibbus include:

Taxa inquerenda
Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Montfort (1810). Conch.2: 302.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gibbus Montfort, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996786 on 2023-06-27
  3. 1 2 Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi : 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  4. Griffiths, O. (1996). "Gibbus lyonetianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T9179A12967161. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9179A12967161.en . Retrieved 27 June 2023.