Avakubia

Avakubia is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Enneinae.

Etymology

The name Avakubia refers to the village of Avakubi inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the genus was first discovered.

Distribution

Species inside the genus Avakubia can be found around the Gulf of Guinea. The vast majority of occurrences are in Cameroon.

Species

Avakubia contains nine species.

• Avakubia acuminata <small>(Thiele, 1933)</small>
• Avakubia avakubiensis <small>(Pilsbry, 1919)</small>
• Avakubia biokoensis <small>de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013</small>
• Avakubia crystallums <small>de Winter, 2013</small>
• Avakubia fruticicola <small>de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013</small>
• Avakubia occidentalis <small>de Winter, 2013</small>
• Avakubia ortizdezarateorum <small>de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013</small>
• Avakubia semenguei <small>de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013</small>
• Avakubia subacuminata <small>de Winter & Vastenhout, 2013</small>

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017

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