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Tropidophora

(Genus)

Overview

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Tropidophora is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.2]

Distribution

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These are large, split-sole, operculate snails found in Tanzania,[2] Madagascar, the Mascarenes, the Comoros and South Africa.

95-99 % of Tropidophora species are endemic to Madagascar.[3]

Species

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The present classification into three subgenera, 95 species and 142 varieties is complex and confused. It is best ignored temporarily, as it is based on subtle morphological varieties among small samples. It is assumed that many smaller species remain to be discovered.[1]

Species within the genus Tropidophora include:

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Emberton K. C. (January 2008). "Cryptic, genetically extremely divergent, polytypic, convergent, and polymorphic taxa in Madagascan Tropidophora (Gastropoda: Pomatiasidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 55 (3): 183?208. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1995.tb01059.x. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119239211/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0. 
  2. ^ a b c Rowson B., Warren B. H. & Ngereza C. F. (2010). "Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an "oceanic" island". ZooKeys 70: 1-39. doi:10.3897/zookeys.70.762.
  3. ^ A GUIDE TO THELAND SNAILS OF RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK MADAGASCAR,[dead link] last change 2 November 2007, accessed 29 June 2009

Taxonomy

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The Genus Tropidophora is further organized into finer groupings including:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Emberton K. C. (January 2008). "Cryptic, genetically extremely divergent, polytypic, convergent, and polymorphic taxa in Madagascan Tropidophora (Gastropoda: Pomatiasidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 55 (3): 183?208. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1995.tb01059.x. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119239211/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0. 
  2. ^ a b c Rowson B., Warren B. H. & Ngereza C. F. (2010). "Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an "oceanic" island". ZooKeys 70: 1-39. doi:10.3897/zookeys.70.762.
  3. ^ A GUIDE TO THELAND SNAILS OF RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK MADAGASCAR,[dead link] last change 2 November 2007, accessed 29 June 2009

Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 16:58:44