Gaeotis is a genus of air-breathing land semi-slugs,[3] terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Genus: | Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854[1]
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Distribution
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The genus Gaeotis is endemic to Puerto Rico.[1][2]
Species
editSpecies 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
edit- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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.