Nitor
| Nitor | |
|---|---|
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| Nitor medioximus, a rainforest snail, near Dungog, in Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Eythyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Helicarionidae |
| Subfamily: | Helicarioninae[1] |
| Genus: | Nitor Gude, 1911[2] |
Nitor is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicarionidae.
Species
Species within the genus Nitor include:
- Nitor circumcincta
- Nitor medioximus Iredale, 1941[3]
- Nitor moretonensis - Moreton land snail
- Nitor pudibunda (Cox, 1868)[3]
- Nitor subrugata (Reeve, 1852)[3]
- Nitor wiangariensis Hyman, 2007[3] - Wiangarie Forest Glass Snail
References
- ↑ Bouchet P.; Rocroi J.-P.; Frýda J.; Hausdorf B.; Ponder W.; Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ Gude G. K. (1911). "Note on some preoccupied molluscan generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9: 269-273. page 270.
- 1 2 3 4 "Names List for Nitor Gude, 1911". Australian Biological Resources Study. Australian Faunal Directory. Last updated 26 July 2010, accessed 7 January 2011.
External links
- "Nitor". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Nitor
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