Urocoptidae
Photo of the day (82): Brachypodella
12-01-2010 08:11
Another endemic snail
from St. Lucia, Brachypodella tatei
(Crosse, 1872), from
Union Garden trail, in humid forest.
This picture was taken in November 2000 by Ad Hovestadt.
This picture was taken in November 2000 by Ad Hovestadt.
Photo of the day (53): Callonia
04-06-2009 20:15
Adrián González is doing his best to turn me from a
specialist in Orthalicidae into an ardent lover of
Cuban land shells...:-) Look at these pictures of
urocoptids.
Both are from Cuba, Prov. Pinar del Río, Sierra de Guane. The picture above is Callonia ellioti (Poey, 1857), characterized by the upward pointed axial ribs. The one below is C. lowei (de la Torre, 1927). According to Jaume & de la Torre (1976) this species is characterized within the genus by the last whorl not being solute and not having pointed axial ribs. Well, a double negation but still a stunningly beautiful animal.
Does it suffice to say that I like to have the best of both worlds? Just an ardent lover of Neotropical snails...
Reference:
Jaume, M.L. & de la Torre, A., 1976. Los Urocoptidae de Cuba (Mollusca-Pulmonata). Ciencias Biologicas (Habana) 53: 1-122.
Both are from Cuba, Prov. Pinar del Río, Sierra de Guane. The picture above is Callonia ellioti (Poey, 1857), characterized by the upward pointed axial ribs. The one below is C. lowei (de la Torre, 1927). According to Jaume & de la Torre (1976) this species is characterized within the genus by the last whorl not being solute and not having pointed axial ribs. Well, a double negation but still a stunningly beautiful animal.
Does it suffice to say that I like to have the best of both worlds? Just an ardent lover of Neotropical snails...
Reference:
Jaume, M.L. & de la Torre, A., 1976. Los Urocoptidae de Cuba (Mollusca-Pulmonata). Ciencias Biologicas (Habana) 53: 1-122.
New taxa (15): Idiostemma
27-05-2009 21:28
In my series on new taxa introduced to the
Neotropical land-snail fauna, I still have to catch
up with some “oldies”. Today a paper by Franke &
Fernández (2007), who described a new urocoptid
species from Cuba, Prov. Holguin, Banes, Cerro de
Yaguajay.
It is called Idiostemma alfredoi. The holotype is in the Holguin Natural History Museum; paratypes are in the Berlin museum.
Although all pictures in the paper are black/white, some of them are nicely picturing the habitat of this new taxon.
Reference:
Franke, S. & Fernández V., A., 2007. A new land snail of the genus Idiostemma Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 (Gastropoda: Urocoptidae) from Eastern Cuba. - Schriften zur Malakozoologie 23: 79-86.
It is called Idiostemma alfredoi. The holotype is in the Holguin Natural History Museum; paratypes are in the Berlin museum.
Although all pictures in the paper are black/white, some of them are nicely picturing the habitat of this new taxon.
Reference:
Franke, S. & Fernández V., A., 2007. A new land snail of the genus Idiostemma Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 (Gastropoda: Urocoptidae) from Eastern Cuba. - Schriften zur Malakozoologie 23: 79-86.