Streptostyla is a genus of predatory, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Streptostylinae of the family Spiraxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostyla Shuttleworth, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996759 on 2022-06-30
Streptostyla is the type genus of the subfamily Streptostylinae.
Distribution The distribution of the genus Streptostyla includes Mexico, Central America, Cuba and Venezuela.Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA". "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)". accessed 18 January 2011.
Species There are four subgenera in the genus Streptostyla. Species within the genus Streptostyla include:
Subgenus Streptostyla Shuttleworth, 1852
with oliviform shell Streptostyla clavatula Ancey, 1903 Streptostyla cylindracea (Pfeiffer, 1846) Streptostyla gabbi Pilsbry, 1907 Streptostyla irrigua (Shuttleworth, 1852) Streptostyla lattrei (Pfeiffer, 1845) Streptostyla novoleonis Pilsbry, 1899 Streptostyla palmeri Dall, 1905 Streptostyla potosiana Dall, 1905 Streptostyla shuttleworthi (Pfeiffer, 1856)
with coniform shell Streptostyla conulus Von Martens, 1891 Streptostyla gracilis Pilsbry, 1907 Streptostyla streptostyla (Pfeiffer, 1846) - type species
with turgida shell Streptostyla chiriquiana Von Martens, 1901 Streptostyla costaricensis Da Costa, 1904 Streptostyla labida (Morelet, 1851) Streptostyla obesa Von Martens, 1891 Streptostyla turgidula (Pfeiffer, 1856) Streptostyla nebulosa Dall, 1896 Streptostyla sumichrasti Ancey, 1903 Streptostyla vancegreenei Jacobson, 1966 Streptostyla viridula Angas, 1879
with physaeform shell Streptostyla biconica Pfeiffer, 1856 Streptostyla binneyana Crosse & Fischer 1869 Streptostyla crassa Strebel, 1877 Streptostyla delibuta (Morelet, 1851) Streptostyla flavescens (Shuttleworth, 1852) Streptostyla fulvida Crosse & Fischer, 1869 Streptostyla glandiformis Crosse & Fischer, 1869 Streptostyla oblonga (Pfeiffer, 1856) Streptostyla plicatula Strebel, 1977 Streptostyla thomsoni Ancey, 1888 Streptostyla valerioi Rehder, 1942 Streptostyla ventricosula (Morelet, 1849)
with aplectiform shell Streptostyla boyeriana Crosse & Fischer, 1869 Streptostyla dysoni (Pfeiffer, 1846) Streptostyla jacobsoni Pilsbry, 1951 Streptostyla meridana (Morelet, 1849) Streptostyla propinqua Thompson, 1963 Streptostyla sololensis Crosse & Fischer, 1869 Streptostyla vexans Strebel, 1877
with subturrite shell Streptostyla mohriana (Pfeiffer, 1862) Streptostyla pilsbryi Richards, 1937 Streptostyla sargi Crosse & Fischer, 1869
Subgenus Chersomitra Von Martens, 1860 includes six species: Streptostyla chiapensis Pilsbry, 1909 Streptostyla limneiformis (Shuttleworth, 1852) Streptostyla lurida (Shuttleworth, 1852) Streptostyla mitraeformis (Shuttleworth, 1852) Streptostyla nigricans (Pfeiffer, 1845) Streptostyla physodes (Shuttleworth, 1852)
Subgenus Eustreptostyla H. B. Baker, 1927 includes five species: Streptostyla nicoleti (Shuttleworth, 1852) Streptostyla bartschi Dall, 1908 Streptostyla jilitlana Dall, 1908 Streptostyla toyuca Dall, 1908 Streptostyla supracostata Pilsbry, 1910
Subgenus Peteniella Pilsbry, 1907 includes two species: Streptostyla catenata (Pfeiffer, 1856) Streptostyla ligulata (Morelet, 1849)
synonyms: Streptostyla bicolor E. von Martens, 1901: synonym of Pittieria bicolor (E. von Martens, 1901) (original combination) Streptostyla blandiana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla streptostyla coniformis (Shuttleworth, 1852) Streptostyla bocourti Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla lurida (Shuttleworth, 1852) Streptostyla botteriana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1869: synonym of Streptostylella botteriana (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1869) (original combination) Streptostyla cingulata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla irrigua cingulata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868 (original rank) Streptostyla cornea Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla meridana cobanensis (Tristram, 1861) Streptostyla coxeni Richards, 1938: synonym of Myxastyla coxeni (Richards, 1938) (original combination) Streptostyla edwardsiana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla lattrei edwardsiana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868 (original rank) Streptostyla flavescens S. I. da Costa, 1900: synonym of Streptostyla chiriquiana E. von Martens, 1901 (junior secondary homonym; S. chiriquiana is a replacement name) Streptostyla sallei Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla lattrei sallei Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868 (original rank) Streptostyla sumichrasti Dautzenberg, 1908: synonym of Streptostyla sumichrasti Ancey, 1903 (homonym and synonym) Streptostyla tabiensis Pilsbry, 1891: synonym of Orizosoma tabiensis (Pilsbry, 1891) (unaccepted combination) Streptostyla wani Jaconson, 1968 is a synonym for Euglandina wani (Jacobson, 1968)
References
External links
Baker, H. B. (1927). The type of Streptostpla Shuttleworth (Streptostyla). The Nautilus. 41(1): 21.