Bothriembryon

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

|taxon = Bothriembryon |image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.265662 - Bothriembryon dux (Pfeiffer, 1861) - Bothriembryontidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |image_caption = Bothriembryon dux shell |authority = Pilsbry, 1894 |synonyms_ref = |synonyms =

  • Bothriembryon (Bothriembryon) Pilsbry, 1894
  • Bothriembryon (Tasmanembryon) Breure, 1979
  • Bulimus (Liparus) Albers, 1850
  • Celatembryon Iredale, 1939
  • Hartogembryon Iredale, 1933
  • Larapintembryon Iredale, 1933
  • Liparus Albers, 1850 (invalid: junior homonym of Liparus Olivier, 1807 [Coleoptera]; Bothriembryon is a replacement name)
  • Satagembryon Iredale, 1933 |diversity_ref = |diversity = 43 species,

36 extant species,

7 fossil species |display_parents = 3

Bothriembryon is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bothriembryontidae.

B. J. Smith (1992) made the last review of the genus summarizing all known data.

Distribution

The land snail genus Bothriembryon is endemic to Australia but forms part of the Gondwanan element in the superfamily Orthalicoidea. Bothriembryon species are mostly patchy in their distribution.

Fossils of Bothriembryon have been found on the Nullarbor Plain in southern Australia, dating to the late Pliocene.

Taxonomy

This genus was classified with the Bulimulidae by Pilsbry (1900), Breure (1979) and by B. J. Smith (1992).

It was classified in tribe Bulimulini, in subfamily Bulimulinae within the family Orthalicidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Breure et al. (2010) moved Bothriembryon to Placostylidae.

Breure & Romero (2012) confirmed previous results from 2010 and they renamed Placostylidae to Bothriembryontidae.

Species

Species within the genus Bothriembryon include:

References

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References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1894). ''[[The Nautilus (journal). The Nautilus]]'' '''8''': 36.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Helicina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994701 on 2018-02-22
  3. Whisson C. S. & Breure A. S. H. (2016). "A new species of ''Bothriembryon'' (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bothriembryontidae) from south-eastern Western Australia". ''ZooKeys'' '''581''': 127-140. {{doi. 10.3897/zookeys.581.8044
  4. Ryan, Helen E.. (2024-04-10). "A new Bothriembryon from the Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, with insights on the age of Bothriembryon praecursor from Kangaroo Well, Northern Territory". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.
  5. [[File:PD-icon.svg. 15px]] [[Henry Augustus Pilsbry. Pilsbry H. A.]] (1900). ''[[Manual of Conchology]], structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Second series: Pulmonata''. [https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo13tryorich Volume 13]. Australasian Bulimulidae: ''Bothriembryon'', ''[[Placostylus]]''. Helicidae: ''Amphidromus''. 253 pp., 72 plates.
  6. Breure A.S. H. (1979) "Systematics, phylogeny and zoogeography of Bulimulinae (Mollusca)". ''[[Zoologische Verhandelingen]]'' Leiden '''168''': 1-215.
  7. Smith B. J. (1992) "Non-marine Mollusca". In: Houston W. W. K. (Ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, 8. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, xii + 405 pp.
  8. {{Bouchet 2005
  9. Breure A. S. H., Groenenberg D. S. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "New insights in the phylogenetic relations within the Orthalicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) based on 28S sequence data". ''[[Basteria]]'' '''74'''(1-3): 25-31.
  10. Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". ''[[Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology]]'' '''141'''(1): 1-20. {{doi. 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
  11. Breure A. S. H. & Whisson C. S. (2012) "Annotated type catalogue of ''Bothriembryon'' (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in Australian museums, with a compilation of types in other museums". ''[[ZooKyes]]'' '''194''': 41-80. {{doi. 10.3897/zookeys.194.2721

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