Papustyla
Genus of gastropods
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Papustyla is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.[1]
| Papustyla | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Papustyla pulcherrima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Hadrinae |
| Genus: | Papustyla Pilsbry, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Cochlostyla hindei Cox, 1886 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
This genus contains the following species:[2]
- Papustyla chancei (Cox, 1870) Chance's Papustyla.
- Papustyla chapmani (Cox 1870), Chapman's Papustyla.
- Papustyla fergusoni (H. Adams, 1872) Ferguson's Papustyla.
- Papustyla hindei (Cox, 1886)
- Papustyla lilium (Fulton, 1905) Lily-white Papustyla.
- Papustyla novaepommeraniae (I. Rensch & B. Rensch, 1929) New Pommeran Papustyla.
- Papustyla pulcherrima (I. Rensch, 1931) Emerald green snail.
- Papustyla xanthochila (Pfeiffer, 1861) Golden mouth Papustyla.
- Species brought into synonymy
- Papustyla horderi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1890): synonym of Papuina antiqua horderi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1890)(superseded combination)
