Naesiotus

Naesiotus stenogyroides

Naesiotus stenogyroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Bulimulidae
Subfamily:	Bulimulinae^[1]
Genus:	Naesiotus J. C. Albers, 1850^[2]
Synonyms^[3]
Adenodia Dall, 1920 Granilla Dall, 1920 Granitza Dall, 1920 Granucis Dall, 1920 Nucisus Dall, 1920 Ochsneria Dall, 1920 Olinodia Dall, 1920 Reclasta Dall, 1920 Saeronia Dall, 1920 Stemmodiscus Dall, 1920 Pelecostoma Reibisch, 1892 Pleuropyrgus Albers, 1860 Omphalostyla H. Adams & Adams, 1855 Rhapiellus Pfeiffer, [1856] Nesiotes Albers, 1860 Nesiotus Pfeiffer & Clessin, 1881 Protoglyptus Pilsbry, 1897 Rimatula Parodiz, 1946 Obstrussus Parodiz, 1946 Maranhoniellus Weyrauch, 1958

Naesiotus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Naesiotus include:

Distribution of the genus Naesiotus include Ecuador, Colombia,^[3] Dominica (1 species), Peru,^[5] ...

Raw snails Naesiotus sp. being sold for consumption in local market in Ecuador.

People are sometimes consuming them raw, but consumption of raw snails is not recommended because snails can be vector of number of parasites.

1 2 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.
↑ Albers J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen, nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers: 1-262. Berlin. page 1962
1 2 Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 9 (1): 39–62.
↑ Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
↑ Weyrauch W. K. (1956). "The Genus Naesiotus with descriptions of new species and notes on others Peruvian Bulimulidae". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 108: 1-17.

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"Naesiotus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Breure A. S. H. (1975). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, II. Plekocheilus and Naesiotus". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 46: 71-93, pls. 6-8, tables 8-14.

Taxon identifiers	GBIF: 3244151 ITIS: 567061 NCBI: 767418

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