Oestophora

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Oestophora is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Trissexodontidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Oestophora includes western Iberian Peninsula, north Africa and the Azores.[1]

Description

The shell is ribbed, with rounded or keeled whorls.[1] The apertural margin is reflected and thickened.[1]

Reproductive system

There is no flagellum, or penial papilla.[1] There is one small dart sac, one longer accessory sac separated from vaginal walls and a vagina with three simple and long accessory (mucous) glands.[1]

The number of haploid chromosomes is 30.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Oestophoa include:

Synonyms:

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [1]

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  1. a b c d e f "Genus summary for Oestophora". AnimalBase, last modified 17 July 2008, accessed 13 January 2011.
  2. Prieto C. E., Puente A. I, Altonaga K. & Gomez J. (1993). "Genital morphology of Caracolina lenticula (Michaud, 1831), with a new proposal of classification of helicodontoid genera (Pulmonata: Hygromioidea)". Malacologia 35(1): 63-77. page 73-74.
  3. a b c d e f g h "Species in genus Oestophora (n=8)". AnimalBase, accessed 12 January 2011.
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