Streptostele is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Streptostele Dohrn, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875243 on 2022-06-30
Distribution Indigenous distribution of the genus Streptostele include: Afrotropical: Uganda (4 described species, 2 undescribed species),...Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 87-100. . islands in the Gulf of Guinea the Seychelles Comoros MascarenesSutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. .
Species Species within the genus Streptostele include:
Streptostele abbreviata D. T. Holyoak, G. A. Holyoak & Sinclair, 2020 Streptostele acicula (Morelet, 1877) Streptostele alluaudi Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914 Streptostele angustior (Preston, 1911) Streptostele arambourgi Germain, 1934 Streptostele auriformis Connolly, 1922 Streptostele babaulti Germain, 1919 Streptostele bacillum Pilsbry, 1919 Streptostele bequaerti Pilsbry, 1919 Streptostele bequaertiana (Pilsbry, 1919) Streptostele buchholzi E. von Martens, 1876 Streptostele candelula Connolly, 1922 Streptostele centralis Pilsbry, 1919 Streptostele cheranganiensis Germain, 1934 Streptostele clara Connolly, 1922 Streptostele clavulus Connolly, 1922 Streptostele coloba Pilsbry, 1919 Streptostele columna Connolly, 1922 Streptostele congoris Pilsbry, 1919 Streptostele constricta Connolly, 1922 Streptostele costulata E. von Martens, 1892 Streptostele crassicrenulata Connolly, 1922 Streptostele crassiplicata Connolly, 1922 Streptostele crenulata (E.A. Smith, 1901) Streptostele curvata Connolly, 1922 Streptostele curvicolumella (Connolly, 1922) Streptostele cylindrica Connolly, 1922 Streptostele decaryi (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, 1974) Streptostele elegans (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914) Streptostele elgonensis Connolly, 1922 Streptostele elongata Connolly, 1922 Streptostele exasperata Preston, 1912 Streptostele fallooni Connolly, 1922 Streptostele fastigiata (Morelet, 1848) Streptostele feai Germain, 1912 Streptostele folini (Morelet, 1858) Streptostele hasta Connolly, 1922 Streptostele herma Connolly, 1912 Streptostele horei E. A. Smith, 1890 Streptostele inconspicua van Bruggen, 1964 Streptostele iota Connolly, 1922 Streptostele jaeckeli Venmans, 1959 Streptostele jeanneli Germain, 1934 Streptostele jod Connolly, 1922 Streptostele kenyana Connolly, 1922 Streptostele kilimanjaroensis Blume, 1965 Streptostele klemmi Blume, 1959 Streptostele langi Pilsbry, 1919 Streptostele lenta (E. A. Smith, 1903) Streptostele leopoldvillensis Pilsbry, 1919 Streptostele leroii (C. R. Boettger, 1915) Streptostele lessensis (Pilsbry, 1919) Streptostele limpida (E. von Martens, 1897) Streptostele milneedwardsi (Bourguignat, 1883) Streptostele minor E. von Martens, 1897 Streptostele modelli Blume, 1952 Streptostele monotropha (Germain, 1934) Streptostele moreletiana Dohrn, 1866 Streptostele nitida Neubert, 2004 Streptostele nyiroensis Connolly, 1922 Streptostele ordinaria Connolly, 1922 Streptostele oribates Connolly, 1922 Streptostele osculum Connolly, 1922 Streptostele patruelis Connolly, 1922 Streptostele polymorpha Preston, 1912 Streptostele rutshuruensis (Pilsbry, 1919) Streptostele sanctuarii van Bruggen, 1966 Streptostele scotti Connolly, 1941 Streptostele signata Connolly, 1922 Streptostele simplex E. A. Smith, 1890 Streptostele sinuilabiata Connolly, 1922 Streptostele streptosteloides (E. von Martens, 1897) Streptostele subangusta E. von Martens, 1891 Streptostele subvaricosa (E. von Martens, 1897) Streptostele suradensis Connolly, 1931 Streptostele terebra (Preston, 1911) Streptostele teres Pilsbry, 1919 Streptostele truncata Germain, 1915 Streptostele unidentata Connolly, 1922 Streptostele urguessensis Connolly, 1922 Streptostele validor Connolly, 1922 Streptostele varicosa (d'Ailly, 1910) Streptostele venusta (E. A. Smith, 1903) Streptostele vicina (Preston, 1911) Streptostele vitroni Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994 Streptostele zambiensis Pilsbry, 1919
subgenus ? "Streptostele (Streptostele) species A" from Uganda "Streptostele (Streptostele) species B" from Uganda
Synonyms Streptostele bonjongoensis Tryon, 1885: synonym of Rhabdogulella buchholzi (E. von Martens, 1876) (unnecessary, unused replacement name) Streptostele dautzenbergi Pilsbry, 1919: synonym of Streptostele minor E. von Martens, 1897 (junior synonym) Streptostele insignis (E. A. Smith, 1898): synonym of Streptostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860): synonym of Tomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym) Streptostele lucida (J. S. Gibbons, 1879): synonym of Streptostele bawriensis (Pilsbry, 1905) (junior secondary homonym replaced by Opeas bawriense Pilsbry, 1905) Streptostele maheensis Connolly, 1925: synonym of Streptostele acicula (Morelet, 1877) (junior synonym) Streptostele meridionalis van Bruggen, 1966: synonym of Streptostele herma Connolly, 1912 (junior synonym) Streptostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860): synonym of Tomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860) Streptostele roccatii (Pollonera, 1906): synonym of Primigulella linguifera (E. von Martens, 1895)
References
Thiele, J. (1911). Mollusken der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1907–1908. Band III, Zoologie I. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. Pp. 175–214. Holyoak, D. T.; Holyoak, G. A.; Lima, R. F. D.; Panisi, M.; Sinclair, F. (2020). A checklist of the land Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, with new records and descriptions of new taxa. Iberus: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología, (Iberus).38(2): 219–319.
External links
Smith, E. A. (1890). On a new genus and some new species of shells from Lake Tanganyika. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 6, 6: 93-96 Boettger, C. R. & Haas, F. (1915). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des Sudans. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.