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Diaphera cumingiana (L. Pfeiffer 1845)

Diaphera cumingiana

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Diaphera cumingiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Diapheridae.[1]

Diaphera cumingiana is the type species of the genus Diaphera.[1]

The specific name cumingiana is in honor of the English naturalist Hugh Cuming.[2]

Distribution

The type locality of Diaphera cumingiana is the Philippines.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  2. ^ (in German) Pfeiffer L. (1862). "Die Gattung Cylindrella Pfr. in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen". Verlag von Bauer und Raspe, Julius Merz, Nürnberg. page 74. plate 6, figure 16-20.

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Diaphera cumingiana: Brief Summary

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Diaphera cumingiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Diapheridae.

Diaphera cumingiana is the type species of the genus Diaphera.

The specific name cumingiana is in honor of the English naturalist Hugh Cuming.

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