Streptaxis saopaulensis

Streptaxis saopaulensis
A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis from São Sebastião, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Streptaxoidea
Family:	Streptaxidae
Genus:	Streptaxis
Species:	Streptaxis saopaulensis Pilsbry, 1930
Binomial name
Streptaxis saopaulensis Pilsbry, 1930
Synonyms
Streptaxis contusus saopaulensisPilsbry, 1930 [1]

Streptaxis saopaulensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. ^[2]

A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis in an Atlantic Forest area near the city of São Sebastião, São Paulo state, Brazil

A live individual of Streptaxis saopaulensis retracted into its shell

References

1. • Pilsbry, H.A. (1930). "South American land and freshwater mollusks. Notes and description, 7". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 82: 361.
2. Streptaxis saopaulensis Pilsbry, 1930 . 23 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

Further reading

• Simone, L.R.L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. São Paulo: Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. p. 193.
• Brown, K. (2023). A guide to the hunter shells. Vol. 2. The Streptaxoidea. The Enneinae, Orthogibbinae, Marconiinae, Odontartemoninae, Streptaxinae and the Diapheridae. Germany: ConchBooks. p. 322.