Bocourtia is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae of the family Bulimulidae.
Characteristics
(Original description in Latin) The shell is imperforate and ovate-oblong in shape. It is furrowed with grooves and possesses somewhat ventricose whorls, which are covered by a tawny-colored epidermis. The columella is slightly callous and curved. The aperture is ovate-elliptic, while the outer lip is straight and simple.
Species
Species within the genus Bocourtia include:
- Bocourtia aequatorius <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)</small>
- Bocourtia alauda <small>(Hupé, 1857)</small>
- Bocourtia altorum <small>(Haas, 1951)</small>
- Bocourtia angrandi <small>(Morelet, 1860)</small>
- Bocourtia anthisanensis <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)</small>
- Bocourtia aquila <small>(Reeve, 1848)</small>
- Bocourtia aurea <small>(Breure, 1978)</small>
- Bocourtia badia <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)</small>
- Bocourtia bicolor <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)</small>
- â Bocourtia bonariensis <small>Miquel, 2019</small>
- Bocourtia caliginosa <small>(Reeve, 1849)</small>
- Bocourtia coagulata <small>(Reeve, 1849)</small>
- Bocourtia confusa <small>(Reeve, 1848)</small>
- Bocourtia costifer <small>(Pilsbry, 1932)</small>
- Bocourtia costulata <small>(Weyrauch, 1967)</small>
- Bocourtia cotopaxiensis <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)</small>
- Bocourtia culminea <small>(d'Orbigny, 1835)</small>
- Bocourtia cuzcoensis <small>(Weyrauch, 1967)</small>
- Bocourtia edwardsi <small>(Morelet, 1863)</small>
- Bocourtia filaris <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)</small>
- Bocourtia gayi <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)</small>
- Bocourtia hendeensis <small>(Pilsbry, 1926)</small>
- â Bocourtia leonardodavincii <small>Miquel, 2024</small>
- Bocourtia lithoica <small>(d'Orbigny, 1835)</small>
- Bocourtia longitudinalis <small>(Haas, 1955)</small>
- Bocourtia macedoi <small>(Weyrauch, 1967)</small>
- Bocourtia minuta <small>(Breure, 1978)</small>
- Bocourtia nemorensis <small>(Philippi, 1867)</small>
- Bocourtia ochracea <small>(Morelet, 1863)</small>
- Bocourtia peakei <small>(Breure, 1978)</small>
- Bocourtia petiti <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small>
- Bocourtia pluto <small>(Crosse, 1869)</small>
- Bocourtia polymorpha <small>(d'Orbigny, 1835)</small>
- Bocourtia promethus <small>(Crosse, 1869)</small>
- Bocourtia purpurata <small>(Reeve, 1849)</small>
- Bocourtia pyramidalis <small>(Breure, 1978)</small>
- Bocourtia revinctus <small>(Hupé, 1857)</small>
- Bocourtia thamnoica <small>(d'Orbigny, 1835)</small>
- Bocourtia tupacii <small>(d'Orbigny, 1835)</small>
- Bocourtia weddellii <small>(Hupé, 1857)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Bocourtia lymnaeformis <small>Rochebrune, 1881</small>: synonym of Bocourtia anthisanensis <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)</small>
References
- Breure, A. S. H. (1978). Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 164: 3âÂÂ255
- Hylton Scott M.I. (1951). Kuschelenia, nuevo género de Bulimulidae (Moll. Pulmonata). Acta Zoologica Lilloana. 12: 539âÂÂ543.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017