Epirobia brevior

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Urocoptoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Tectipleura Subcohors: Panpulmonata Superordo: Eupulmonata Ordo: Stylommatophora Subordo: Helicina Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Urocoptoidea

Familia: Epirobiidae
Genus: Epirobia
Species: Epirobia brevior

Name

• Epirobia brevior Thompson, 2012: 185, figs 11D–F

Holotype: UF 242756 (Fig. 11D); collected 28 May, 1995 by John Polisar.

Type locality: HONDURAS: Dept. Santa Barbara, Cerro Santa Barbara, limestone bluff on the west slope ca.2 km north of Huatuso, 14.875ºN, 88.133ºW, 1460 m alt.

Etymology: The name brevior is from the Latin, meaning shorter, alluding to fewer number of whorls and shorter shell that characterize this species.

References

• Thompson, F.G. 2012: The land snail genus Epirobia and allied genera in México and Central America, with the description of a new family, the Epirobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Urocoptoidea). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51(3): 167-215. PDF Reference page.