Vegrandinia

Vegrandinia
Apertural view of a shell of Vegrandinia trindadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinidae
Subfamily: Subulininae
Genus: Vegrandinia
Salvador, Cunha & Simone, 2013[1]
Type species
Vegrandinia trindadensis
(Breure & Coelho, 1976)
Species
  • Vegrandinia trindadensis

Vegrandinia is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Achatinidae.[2] The genus name refers to its small size.[1]

The genus is known from one species that lives on Trindade Island in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. That species may already have become extinct due to the impact of introduced species on the island.[1]

Species

The only species in the genus is Vegrandinia trindadensis (Breure & Coelho, 1976).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Salvador R. B., Cunha C. M. & Simone L. R. L. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the orthalicid land snails (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) from Trindade Island, Brazil". Journal of Natural History 47(13-14): 949-961. doi:10.1080/00222933.2012.759290
  2. ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.


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