Epirobia interupta

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 interupta

Name

• Epirobia interupta Thompson, 2012: 189, figs 13A–C

Holotype: UF 213271; collected 10 October, 1991 by Fred G. Thompson, Harry G. Lee, William Buchanin, and Eric Fernandez.

Type locality: HONDURAS, Dept. Santa Barbara, Cerro Santa Barbara, Finca Las Quebradas, 3 km west of El Jarál, 14.643ºN, 88.088ºW, 1260 m alt.

Etymology: The species name interupta is from the Latin, meaning interrupted or intervals, alluding to the discontinuous intervals in the ribbed sculpture of the shell.

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.