Avakubia is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Enneinae.
Etymology The name Avakubia refers to the village of Avakubi inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the genus was first discovered.
Distribution Species inside the genus Avakubia can be found around the Gulf of Guinea. The vast majority of occurrences are in Cameroon.
Species Avakubia contains nine species.
Avakubia acuminata (Thiele, 1933) Avakubia avakubiensis (Pilsbry, 1919) Avakubia biokoensis de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013 Avakubia crystallums de Winter, 2013 Avakubia fruticicola de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013 Avakubia occidentalis de Winter, 2013 Avakubia ortizdezarateorum de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013 Avakubia semenguei de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013 Avakubia subacuminata de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013
References
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
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