Somalitayloria

Tayloria (gastropod)

Tayloria (gastropod)

Genus of gastropods

Tayloria is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. [2] [3]

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Distribution

The distribution of the genus Tayloria includes East Africa:[3]

Species

Species within the genus Tayloria include:

  • Tayloria amaniensis Verdcourt - from Tanzania[4]
  • Tayloria angustistriata K. Pfeiffer - from Tanzania[5]
  • Tayloria babaulti Germain, 1923
  • Tayloria craveni (E. A. Smith, 1880)
  • Tayloria desiderata (Preston, 1913)
  • Tayloria enneoides (E. von Martens, 1878)
  • Tayloria gigas (E. A. Smith, 1880)
  • Tayloria grandis Thiele, 1933
  • Tayloria gwandaensis (Preston, 1912)
  • Tayloria helicoides (C. R. Boettger, 1913)
  • Tayloria hyalinoides Thiele - from Tanzania[6]
  • Tayloria iterata E. von Martens, 1897
  • Tayloria jouberti Bourguignat, 1890
  • Tayloria jucunda Thiele, 1933
  • Tayloria kibweziensis (E. A. Smith, 1894)
  • Tayloria leroyi (Bourguignat, 1890)
  • Tayloria moncieuxi F. Haas, 1934
  • Tayloria quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910)
  • Tayloria shimbiensis Connolly, 1922
  • Tayloria somaliensis (Connolly, 1931)
  • Tayloria striata Verdcourt, 1958
  • Tayloria urguessensis (Preston, 1913)
  • Tayloria usambarica (Craven, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Tayloria marsabitensis (Preston, 1913): synonym of Tayloria urguessensis marsabitensis (Preston, 1913) (status change)
  • † Tayloria miocenica Verdcourt, 1963: synonym of Artemonopsis miocenica (Verdcourt, 1963) (superseded combination)

References

  1. [1]
    Bourguignat J. R. (1889). Moll. Afr. Equator.: 38.
  2. [2]
    MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tayloria Bourguignat, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996783 on 2025-06-16
  3. [3]
    Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  4. [4]
    Tattersfield, P. (1996). "Tayloria amaniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21553A9300852. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21553A9300852.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. [5]
    Tattersfield, P. (1996). "Tayloria angustistriata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21554A9300882. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21554A9300882.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. [6]
    Tattersfield, P. (1996). "Tayloria hyalinoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21555A9300912. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21555A9300912.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  • Bequaert J. & Clench W. J. (1936). "Studies of African land and fresh-water mollusks. Notes on Gonaxis Taylor, with description of a new species". Journal of Conchology London, 20: 263-273.
  • Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1-60. abstract, PDF.


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