Geostilbia is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae.[1]

Geostilbia
Shell of Geostilbia sheilae (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Ferussaciidae
Genus: Geostilbia
Crosse, 1867
Type species
Geostilbia caledonica Crosse, 1867
Synonyms[1]

Cecilioides (Geostilbia) Crosse, 1867

Species

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The genus Geostilbia includes the following species:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Geostilbia caledonica Crosse, 1867: synonym of Geostilbia gundlachi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
  • Geostilbia gundlachi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850): synonym of Geostilbia aperta (Swainson, 1840)
  • Geostilbia stuhlmanni E. von Martens, 1897: synonym of Nothapalus stuhlmanni (E. von Martens, 1897) (original combination)

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Geostilbia Crosse, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833808 on 2015-02-16
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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