Biology:Gaeotis

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Gaeotis
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Gaeotis

Shuttleworth, 1854[1]
Diversity[2]
4 species

Gaeotis is a genus of air-breathing land semi-slugs,[3] terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.

Distribution

Location of Puerto Rico, where the genus Gaeotis is endemic to.

The genus Gaeotis is endemic to Puerto Rico.[1][2]

Species

Species 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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 .
  3. 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.

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