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Tayloria (gastropod)

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

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Tayloria includes East Africa:

Species

Species within the genus Tayloria include:

Synonyms:
  • Tayloria marsabitensis <small>(Preston, 1913)</small>: synonym of Tayloria urguessensis marsabitensis <small>(Preston, 1913)</small> (status change)
  • † Tayloria miocenica <small>Verdcourt, 1963</small>: synonym of Artemonopsis miocenica <small>(Verdcourt, 1963)</small> (superseded combination)

References

  • 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.