Sinistrexcisa
Encyclopedia
Sinistrexcisa is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae
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was observed in Sinistrexcisa for the first time among the Streptaxidae in 1999.
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 family Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in theStylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi....
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Distribution
The distribution of the genus Sinistrexcisa includes:- south-west Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
Description
A spermatophoreSpermatophore
A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during copulation...
was observed in Sinistrexcisa for the first time among the Streptaxidae in 1999.
Species
Species within the genus Sinistrexcisa include:- Sinistrexcisa cameruniae De Winter, Gomez & Prieto, 1999 - type species, from Southwest Cameroon
- Sinistrexcisa iradieri De Winter, Gomez & Prieto, 1999 - from Equatorial Guinea
- Sinistrexcisa cogoensis De Winter, Gomez & Prieto, 1999 - from Equatorial Guinea
- Sinistrexcisa fang De Winter, Gomez & Prieto, 1999 - from Equatorial Guinea