- Source: Streptostele
Streptostele is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.
Distribution
Indigenous distribution of the genus Streptostele include:
Afrotropical: Uganda (4 described species, 2 undescribed species),...
islands in the Gulf of Guinea
the Seychelles
Comoros
Mascarenes
Species
Species within the genus Streptostele include:
subgenus ?
"Streptostele (Streptostele) species A" from Uganda
"Streptostele (Streptostele) species B" from Uganda
Synonyms
Streptostele bonjongoensis Tryon, 1885: synonym of Rhabdogulella buchholzi (E. von Martens, 1876) (unnecessary, unused replacement name)
Streptostele dautzenbergi Pilsbry, 1919: synonym of Streptostele minor E. von Martens, 1897 (junior synonym)
Streptostele insignis (E. A. Smith, 1898): synonym of Streptostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860): synonym of Tomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym)
Streptostele lucida (J. S. Gibbons, 1879): synonym of Streptostele bawriensis (Pilsbry, 1905) (junior secondary homonym replaced by Opeas bawriense Pilsbry, 1905)
Streptostele maheensis Connolly, 1925: synonym of Streptostele acicula (Morelet, 1877) (junior synonym)
Streptostele meridionalis van Bruggen, 1966: synonym of Streptostele herma Connolly, 1912 (junior synonym)
Streptostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860): synonym of Tomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860)
Streptostele roccatii (Pollonera, 1906): synonym of Primigulella linguifera (E. von Martens, 1895)
References
Thiele, J. (1911). Mollusken der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1907–1908. Band III, Zoologie I. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. Pp. 175–214.
Holyoak, D. T.; Holyoak, G. A.; Lima, R. F. D.; Panisi, M.; Sinclair, F. (2020). A checklist of the land Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, with new records and descriptions of new taxa. Iberus: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología, (Iberus).38(2): 219–319.
External links
Smith, E. A. (1890). On a new genus and some new species of shells from Lake Tanganyika. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 6, 6: 93-96
Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1915). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des Sudans. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.