Oestophora
Genus of gastropods
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Oestophora is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Trissexodontidae.
| Oestophora | |
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| Oestophora barbula (Rossmässler, 1838) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Trissexodontidae |
| Genus: | Oestophora Hesse, 1907[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| about 10 species | |
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Oestophora includes western Iberian Peninsula, north Africa and the Azores.[2]
Description
The shell is ribbed, with rounded or keeled whorls.[2] The apertural margin is reflected and thickened.[2]
Reproductive system
There is no flagellum, or penial papilla.[2] There is one small dart sac, one longer accessory sac separated from vaginal walls and a vagina with three simple and long accessory (mucous) glands.[2]
The number of haploid chromosomes is 30.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Oestophoa include:
- Oestophora barbula (Rossmässler, 1838)[4]
- Oestophora barrelsi (Hovestadt & Ripken, 2015)[5]
- Oestophora calpeana (Morelet, 1854)[4]
- Oestophora dorotheae Hesse, 1930[4]
- Oestophora granesae Arrébola Burgos, 1998[4]
- Oestophora lusitanica (Pfeiffer, 1841) - type species[4]
- Oestophora ortizi Winter & Ripken, 1991[4]
- Oestophora silvae Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962[4]
- Oestophora tarnieri (Morelet, 1854)[4]
Synonyms:
- Oestophora turriplana is a synonym for Gittenbergeria turriplana (Morelet, 1845)