Sculptaria

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

Sculptaria is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, and terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plectopyloidea.{{Cite journal |author1=Bouchet, P. |author2=Rocroi, J.-P. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2005 | title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families | journal = Malacologia | volume =47 | issue = 1–2 | pages = | issn = | doi =

Sculptaria is the only genus in the family Sculptariidae. This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Distribution

The distribution of Sculptaria includes south-western Africa.

Description

The shell is small, discoidal, carinated, widely umbilicated. The last whorl is becoming free at the aperture. The aperture is very oblique, rounded, with continuous slightly expanded peristome, and having several teeth on the outer lip and an entering parietal lamina.

Genera

Species within the genus Sculptaria include:

References

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References

  1. {{in lang. de [[Eduard Degner. Degner E.]] (1923). "Zur Anatomie und systematischen Stellung von ''Sculptaria'' Pfeiffer". ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' '''55'''(4): 14-160. Plate 6, page 157.
  2. {{in lang. de [[Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer L.]] (1855). "Versuch einer Anordnung der Heliceen nach natürlichen Gruppen". ''[[Malakozoologische Blätter]]'' '''2''': [https://archive.org/stream/malakozoologisch12menk#page/112/mode/1up 112]-185. [https://archive.org/stream/malakozoologisch12menk#page/134/mode/2up page 135].
  3. van Bruggen & Rolán (2003) ''Basteria'' '''67''': 102.
  4. WoRMS (2010). ''Sculptaria fumarium'' Bruggen & Rolán, 2003. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475270 on 2010-09-10
  5. [http://www.biodiversity.org.na/taxondisplay.php?nr=9900 "Genus ''Sculptaria''"]. accessed 10 September 2010.
  6. Tillier S. (1989). "Comparative morphology, phylogeny and classification of land snails and slugs (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". ''[[Malacologia]]'' '''30'''(1-2): 1-303. [https://archive.org/stream/malacologia301989inst#page/286/mode/2up/ page 287], [https://archive.org/stream/malacologia301989inst#page/292/mode/2up/ 293].
  7. [[Henry Augustus Pilsbry. Pilsbry H. A.]] (1894). ''[[Manual of Conchology]], structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Second series: Pulmonata''. [https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo09tryorich Volume 9]. Helicidae - Volume VII. [https://archive.org/stream/manualofconcholo09tryo#page/n93/mode/2up/ page 39], [https://archive.org/stream/manualofconcholo09tryorich#page/385/mode/1up plate 10], figure 4.

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