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Genus of gastropods Not to be confused with Draparnaldia, the genus of green algae.

Draparnaudia
empty shells of Draparnaudia singularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Draparnaudiidae
Solem, 1962
Genus: Draparnaudia
Montrouzier, 1859
Type species
Draparnaudia michaudi
Montrouzier, 1859
Species
Diversity
6 species

Draparnaudia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea.

Draparnaudia is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae.

Both the family name and the genus name of these snails were created to honor the 18th century French malacologist Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to New Caledonia, in Melanesia and – probably introduced – to Vanuatu.

Taxonomy

The family Draparnaudiidae is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Draparnaudia is the type genus of the family Draparnaudiidae.

Draparnaudiidae consists of one genus with six species:

References

  1. Montrouzier, Xavier. (1859 ). Description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 7(3): 286–296, pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863259 page(s): 288
  2. Solem A. (1962) "Notes on, and descriptions of new Hebridean land snails". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 9(5): 215–247. page 219.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Draparnaudia Montrouzier, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995167 on 24 June 2024
  4. ^ Tillier S. & Mordan P. B. (1995). "The anatomy and systematics of the New Caledonian land snail genus Draparnaudia Montrouzier, 1859 (Pulmonata: Orthurethra)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113(1): 47–91, London 1994 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00336.x.
  5. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
Taxon identifiers
Draparnaudia
Draparnaudiidae


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