Giffordius is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.
| Giffordius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Polygyridae |
| Subfamily: | Polygyrinae |
| Genus: | Giffordius Pilsbry, 1930[1] |
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
editThe genus Giffordius contains the following species:
See also
editReferences
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.