Draparnaudia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea.
Draparnaudia is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae.
The genus name was created to honor the 18th century French malacologist Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud.
Distribution This genus is endemic to New Caledonia, in Melanesia and – probably introduced – to Vanuatu.
Taxonomy The family Draparnaudiidae is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Draparnaudia is the type genus of the family Draparnaudiidae.
Draparnaudiidae consists of one genus with six species:Tillier S. & Mordan P. B. (1995). "The anatomy and systematics of the New Caledonian land snail genus Draparnaudia Montrouzier, 1859 (Pulmonata: Orthurethra)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113(1): 47–91, London 1994 . Draparnaudia anniae Tillier & Mordan, 1995 Draparnaudia gassiesi Pilsbry, 1902 Draparnaudia michaudi Montrouzier, 1859 – type species Draparnaudia singularis (Pfeiffer, 1855) Draparnaudia subnecata Tillier & Mordan, 1995 Draparnaudia walkeri Sykes, 1903
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