Naesiotus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naesiotus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995859 on 17 February 2021 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. .
Species Species within the genus Naesiotus include:
Naesiotus achatellinus (Forbes, 1850) Naesiotus adelphus (Dall, 1917) Naesiotus akamatus (Dall, 1917) Naesiotus albemarlensis (Dall, 1917) Naesiotus alethorhytidus (Dall, 1917) Naesiotus altus (Dall, 1893) Naesiotus amastroides (Ancey, 1887) Naesiotus andivagus Weyrauch, 1956 Naesiotus arnaldoi (Lanzieri & Rezende, 1971) Naesiotus bambamarcaensis Weyrauch, 1960 Naesiotus beldingi (Cooper, 1892) Naesiotus calchaquinus (Doering, 1879) Naesiotus calvus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Naesiotus canaliferus (Reibisch, 1893) Naesiotus carlucioi (Rezende & Lanzieri, 1963) Naesiotus catlowiae (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Naesiotus cavagnaroi A. G. Smith, 1972 Naesiotus cerrateae Weyrauch, 1967 Naesiotus chemnitzioides (Forbes, 1850) Naesiotus christenseni (W. B. Miller & Reeder, 1984) Naesiotus cinerarius (Dall, 1917) Naesiotus cosmicus (Mabille, 1895) Naesiotus crepundius (d'Orbigny, 1835) Naesiotus cutisculptus (Ancey, 1901) Naesiotus deletangi (Parodiz, 1946) Naesiotus dentifer (Mabille, 1895) Naesiotus durangoanus (E. von Martens, 1893) Naesiotus elegantulus Weyrauch, 1956 Naesiotus eos (Odhner, 1951) Naesiotus eschariferus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Naesiotus eudioptus (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897) Naesiotus excelsus (Gould, 1853) Naesiotus exornatus Reeve, 1849 Naesiotus fernandezae Weyrauch, 1958 Naesiotus gabbi (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1872) Naesiotus galapaganus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Naesiotus geophilus Weyrauch, 1967 Naesiotus gigantensis (Christensen & W. B. Miller, 1977) Naesiotus gracillimus Weyrauch, 1956 Naesiotus haasi Weyrauch, 1956 Naesiotus haematospira (Pilsbry, 1900) Naesiotus hannai (Pilsbry, 1927) Naesiotus harribaueri (Jacobson, 1958) Naesiotus jacobi (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Naesiotus laevapex (Christensen & W. B. Miller, 1977) Naesiotus lopesi (Rezende, Lanzieri & Inada, 1972) Naesiotus lycodus (Dall, 1917) Naesiotus milleri (Hoffman, 1987) Naesiotus montezuma (Dall, 1893) Naesiotus montivagus (d'Orbigny, 1835) Naesiotus munsterii (d'Orbigny, 1837) Naesiotus nigromontanus (Dall, 1897) Naesiotus nuciformis (S.A.A. Petit De La Saussaye, 1853) (synonym: Bulimus nuciformis Petit, 1853) Naesiotus nuculus (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) Naesiotus nux (Broderip, 1832) Naesiotus ochsneri (Dall, 1917) Naesiotus oxylabris (Doering, 1879) Naesiotus pachys (Pilsbry, 1897) Naesiotus pallidior (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Naesiotus pallidus (Reibisch, 1893) Naesiotus pazianus (D'Orbigny, 1835) Naesiotus perspectivus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Naesiotus pilsbryi Weyrauch, 1956 Naesiotus pollonerae (Ancey, 1897) Naesiotus quitensis (Pfeiffer, 1848) – Naesiotus reibischi (Dall, 1895) Naesiotus rhabdotus (Haas, 1951) Naesiotus rimatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) Naesiotus rivasii (d'Orbigny, 1837) Naesiotus rocayanus (d'Orbigny, 1835) Naesiotus rugatinus (Dall, 1917) Naesiotus rugiferus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) (synonym: Bulimus rugiferus Sowerby I, 1833) Naesiotus rugulosus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Naesiotus sculpturatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Naesiotus silvaevagus Weyrauch, 1960 Naesiotus spirifer (Gabb, 1868) Naesiotus stenogyroides (Guppy, 1868) – endemic to DominicaRobinson 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 Naesiotus subcostatus (Haas, 1948) Naesiotus tanneri (Dall, 1895) Naesiotus tarmensis Weyrauch, 1967 Naesiotus trichodes (A.V.M.D. D'Orbigny, 1835) Naesiotus turritus Weyrauch, 1967 Naesiotus unifasciatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Naesiotus ustulatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Naesiotus ventrosus (Reibisch, 1893) Naesiotus veseyianus (Dall, 1893) Naesiotus vestalis (Albers, 1854) Naesiotus willinki Breure, 1978 Naesiotus wolfi (Reibisch, 1893) Naesiotus xantusi (Binney, 1861) Naesiotus zilchi Weyrauch, 1956
Species brought into synonymy Naesiotus bicolor Weyrauch, 1967: synonym of Bostryx bicolor (Weyrauch, 1967) Naesiotus chrysalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of Protoglyptus chrysalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) (unaccepted combination) Naesiotus eudioptus (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897): synonym of Simpulopsis eudioptus (Ihering in Pilsbry, 1897) (superseded combination) Naesiotus latecolumellaris Weyrauch, 1967: synonym of Bostryx latecolumellaris (Weyrauch, 1967) (original combination) * Naesiotus luciae (Pilsbry, 1897) : synonym of Protoglyptus luciae (Pilsbry, 1897) Naesiotus martinicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Protoglyptus martinicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (unaccepted combination) Naesiotus mazei (Crosse, 1874): synonym of Protoglyptus mazei (Crosse, 1874) (unaccepted combination) Naesiotus pilosus (Guppy, 1871): synonym of Protoglyptus pilosus (Guppy, 1871) (unaccepted combination) Naesiotus sanctaeluciae (E. A. Smith, 1889): synonym of Protoglyptus sanctaeluciae (E. A. Smith, 1889) (unaccepted combination)
Distribution Distribution of the genus Naesiotus include Ecuador, Colombia, Dominica (1 species), Peru,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. ...
Human use People are sometimes consuming them raw, but consumption of raw snails is not recommended because snails can be vector of number of parasites.
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Albers, J. C.; Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Ed. 2. Pp. i–xviii, 1–359. Leipzig: Engelman 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 Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065