Streptostyla is a genus of predatory, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Streptostylinae of the family Spiraxidae. [2]
Streptostyla is the type genus of the subfamily Streptostylinae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Streptostyla includes Mexico, Central America, Cuba and Venezuela.[3]
Species
There are four[3] subgenera in the genus Streptostyla. Species within the genus Streptostyla include:
Subgenus Streptostyla Shuttleworth, 1852
with oliviform shell
with coniform shell
with turgida shell
with physaeform shell
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Streptostyla biconica Pfeiffer, 1856[3]
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Streptostyla binneyana Crosse & Fischer 1869[3]
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Streptostyla crassa Strebel, 1877[3]
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Streptostyla delibuta (Morelet, 1851)[3]
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Streptostyla flavescens (Shuttleworth, 1852)[3]
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Streptostyla fulvida Crosse & Fischer, 1869[3]
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Streptostyla glandiformis Crosse & Fischer, 1869[3]
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Streptostyla oblonga (Pfeiffer, 1856)[3]
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Streptostyla plicatula Strebel, 1977[3]
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Streptostyla thomsoni Ancey, 1888[3]
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Streptostyla valerioi Rehder, 1942[3]
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Streptostyla ventricosula (Morelet, 1849)[3]
with aplectiform shell
with subturrite shell
Subgenus Chersomitra Von Martens, 1860 includes six species:[3]
Subgenus Eustreptostyla H. B. Baker, 1927 includes five species:[3]
Subgenus Peteniella Pilsbry, 1907 includes two species:[3]
synonyms:
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Streptostyla bicolor E. von Martens, 1901: synonym of Pittieria bicolor (E. von Martens, 1901) (original combination)
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Streptostyla blandiana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla streptostyla coniformis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
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Streptostyla bocourti Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla lurida (Shuttleworth, 1852)
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Streptostyla botteriana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1869: synonym of Streptostylella botteriana (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1869) (original combination)
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Streptostyla cingulata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla irrigua cingulata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868 (original rank)
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Streptostyla cornea Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla meridana cobanensis (Tristram, 1861)
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Streptostyla coxeni Richards, 1938: synonym of Myxastyla coxeni (Richards, 1938) (original combination)
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Streptostyla edwardsiana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla lattrei edwardsiana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868 (original rank)
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Streptostyla flavescens S. I. da Costa, 1900: synonym of Streptostyla chiriquiana E. von Martens, 1901 (junior secondary homonym; S. chiriquiana is a replacement name)
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Streptostyla sallei Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868: synonym of Streptostyla lattrei sallei Crosse & P. Fischer, 1868 (original rank)
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Streptostyla sumichrasti Dautzenberg, 1908: synonym of Streptostyla sumichrasti Ancey, 1903 (homonym and synonym)
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Streptostyla tabiensis Pilsbry, 1891: synonym of Orizosoma tabiensis (Pilsbry, 1891) (unaccepted combination)
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Streptostyla wani Jaconson, 1968[4] is a synonym for Euglandina wani (Jacobson, 1968)[3]
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