Streptostyla is a genus

Genus

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 of predatory, air-breathing, land snail

Land snail

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s. They are terrestrial

Terrestrial animal

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 gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae

Spiraxidae

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Streptostyla is the type genus of the subfamily Streptostylinae.

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Streptostyla include Mexico, Central America, Cuba and Venezuela.

Species

There are five subgenera in the genus Streptostyla and species within the genus Streptostyla include:

subgenus Streptostyla Shuttleworth, 1852

with oliviform shell

• Streptostyla clavatula Ancey, 1903
• Streptostyla cylindracea (Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Streptostyla gabbi Pilsbry, 1907
• Streptostyla irrigua (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Streptostyla lattrei (Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Streptostyla novoleonis Pilsbry, 1899
• Streptostyla palmeri Dall, 1905
• Streptostyla potosiana Dall, 1905
• Streptostyla shuttleworthi (Pfeiffer, 1856)

with coniform shell

• Streptostyla conulus Von Martens, 1891
• Streptostyla gracilis Pilsbry, 1907
• Streptostyla streptostyla (Pfeiffer, 1846) - type species

with turgida shell

• Streptostyla chiriquiana Von Martens, 1901
• Streptostyla costaricensis Da Costa, 1904
• Streptostyla labida (Morelet, 1851)
• Streptostyla obesa Von Martens, 1891
• Streptostyla turgidula
  Streptostyla turgidula
  Streptostyla turgidula is a species of gastropod in the Spiraxidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Nicaragua....
  
  (Pfeiffer, 1856)
• Streptostyla nebulosa Dall, 1896
• Streptostyla sumichrasti Ancey, 1903
• Streptostyla vancegreenei Jacobson, 1966
• Streptostyla viridula Angas, 1879

with physaeform shell

• Streptostyla biconica Pfeiffer, 1856
• Streptostyla binneyana Crosse & Fischer 1869
• Streptostyla crassa Strebel, 1877
• Streptostyla delibuta (Morelet, 1851)
• Streptostyla flavescens (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Streptostyla fulvida Crosse & Fischer, 1869
• Streptostyla glandiformis Crosse & Fischer, 1869
• Streptostyla oblonga (Pfeiffer, 1856)
• Streptostyla plicatula Strebel, 1977
• Streptostyla thomsoni Ancey, 1888
• Streptostyla valerioi Rehder, 1942
• Streptostyla ventricosula (Morelet, 1849)

with aplectiform shell

• Streptostyla boyeriana Crosse & Fischer, 1869
• Streptostyla dysoni (Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Streptostyla jacobsoni Pilsbry, 1951
• Streptostyla meridana (Morelet, 1849)
• Streptostyla propinqua Thompson, 1963
• Streptostyla sololensis Crosse & Fischer, 1869
• Streptostyla vexans Strebel, 1877

with subturrite shell

• Streptostyla mohriana (Pfeiffer, 1862)
• Streptostyla pilsbryi Richards, 1937
• Streptostyla sargi Crosse & Fischer, 1869

subgenus Chersomitra Von Martens, 1860 includes six species:

• Streptostyla chiapensis Pilsbry, 1909
• Streptostyla limneiformis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Streptostyla lurida (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Streptostyla mitraeformis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Streptostyla nigricans (Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Streptostyla physodes (Shuttleworth, 1852)

subgenus Eustreptostyla H. B. Baker, 1927 includes five species:

• Streptostyla nicoleti (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Streptostyla bartschi Dall, 1908
• Streptostyla jilitlana Dall, 1908
• Streptostyla toyuca Dall, 1908
• Streptostyla supracostata Pilsbry, 1910

subgenus Peteniella Pilsbry, 1907 includes two species:

• Streptostyla catenata (Pfeiffer, 1856)
• Streptostyla ligulata (Morelet, 1849)

subgenus Rectoleacina Pilsbry, 1907 from Cuba

synonyms:

• Streptostyla wani Jaconson, 1968 is a synonym for Euglandina wani (Jacobson, 1968)