Giffordius is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Giffordius |
The two known species, found on Isla de Providencia (or Old Providence), were named after the early conservationist and politician, Gifford Pinchot and his wife, Cornelia, whose expedition discovered them.[2] These snails are unusual among polygyrids in being ovoviviparous rather than oviparous.[3]
Species edit
The genus Giffordius contains the following species:
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1930). "Notes and News". Nautilus 43(4): 142.
- ^ Miller C. (2001). Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism. Island Press: p. 300.
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1940). "Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)". Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, 1(2): 577.