Draparnaudia
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Draparnaudia is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea
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Draparnaudia is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae.
Both the family name and the genus name of these snails were created to honor the 18th century French malacologist Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud
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, itself belonging to the clade
Stylommatophora
within the clade Eupulmonata
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
The family Draparnaudiidae consists of one genus with six species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea
Partuloidea
Partuloidea is a a superfamily of air-breathing land snails.According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, this superfamily of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks is in the clade Stylommatophora and the informal group Orthurethra.- Families:Families within the...
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Draparnaudia is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae.
Both the family name and the genus name of these snails were created to honor the 18th century French malacologist Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud
Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud
Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud was a French naturalist, malacologist and botanist.Draparnaud is considered the father of malacology in France...
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Distribution
This genus is endemic to New Caledonia, in Melanesia and - probably introduced - to VanuatuVanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
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Taxonomy
The Draparnaudiidae family is classified within the informal group OrthurethraOrthurethra
Orthurethra is a clade of terrestrial pulmonate gastropods .In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005, Orthurethra is treated as an informal group and subclade of Stylommatophora.- Taxonomy :...
, itself belonging to the clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...
Stylommatophora
Stylommatophora
Stylommatophora is a taxon of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. This taxon is currently considered to be a clade. It was previously regarded as an infraorder...
within the clade Eupulmonata
Eupulmonata
The Eupulmonata is a taxonomic clade of air-breathing snails. The great majority of this group are land snails and slugs, but some are marine and some are saltmarsh snails that can tolerate salty conditions.-Linnean taxonomy:...
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
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The family Draparnaudiidae consists of one genus with six species:
- Draparnaudia anniaeDraparnaudia anniaeDraparnaudia anniae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Draparnaudiidae.-Distribution:This species is endemic to New Caledonia in Melanesia....
Tillier & Mordan, 1995 - Draparnaudia gassiesi Pilsbry, 1902
- Draparnaudia michaudi Montrouzier, 1859 - type species
- Draparnaudia singularis (Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Draparnaudia subnecataDraparnaudia subnecataDraparnaudia subnecata is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Partuloidea. This species is endemic to New Caledonia....
Tillier & Mordan, 1995 - Draparnaudia walkeri Sykes, 1903