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 (superseded combination)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