Napaeus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae.
Distribution
Napaeus is endemic to the Macaronesia ecoregion: Azores and Canary Islands.
Species
There are three recognized subgenera, Macaronapaeus <small>Kobelt, 1899</small>, Napaeus <small>Albers, 1850</small> and Napaeinus <sup>Hesse, 1933</sup>.
Species within the genus Napaeus include 18 species on the Tenerife, 17 species on the La Gomera and others. Additionally, 11 new species from the Canary Islands were described in 2011.
- Napaeus alabastrinus <small>Frias Martins, 1989</small>
- Napaeus alucensis <small>Santana & Yanes, 2011</small>- on La Gomera
- Napaeus anaga <small>(Grasset, 1857)</small>
- Napaeus aringaensis <small>Yanes et al., 2011</small>
- Napaeus atlanticus <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1853)</small>
- Napaeus avaloensis <small>Groh, 2006</small>
- Napaeus badiosus <small>(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)</small>
- Napaeus baeticatus <small>(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)</small> - type species
- Napaeus barquini <small>Alonso & Ibáñez, 2006</small>
- Napaeus bechi <small>M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 1993</small>
- Napaeus beguirae <small>HenrÃÂquez, 1995</small>
- Napaeus bertheloti <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small>
- Napaeus boucheti <small>M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 1993</small>
- Napaeus chrysaloides <small>(Wollaston, 1878)</small>
- Napaeus consecoanus <small>(Mousson, 1872)</small>
- Napaeus delibutus <small>(Morelet & Drouët, 1857)</small>
- Napaeus delicatus <small>Alonso, Yanes & Ibáñez, 2011</small>
- Napaeus doliolum <small>HenrÃÂquez, 1993</small>
- Napaeus doloresae <small>Santana, 2013</small>
- Napaeus elegans <small>M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 1995</small>
- Napaeus encaustus <small>(Shuttleworth, 1852)</small>
- Napaeus esbeltus <small>Ibáñez & M. R. Alonso, 1995</small>
- Napaeus estherae <small>Artiles, 2013</small>
- Napaeus exilis <small>HenrÃÂquez, 1995</small>
- Napaeus gomerensis <small>G. A. Holyoak & D. T. Holyoak, 2011</small> - on La Gomera
- Napaeus grohi <small>Yanes et al., 2011</small>
- Napaeus gruereanus <small>(Grasset, 1857)</small>
- Napaeus hartungi <small>(Morelet & Drouët, 1857)</small>
- Napaeus helvolus <small>(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)</small>
- Napaeus huttereri <small>HenrÃÂquez, 1991</small>
- Napaeus indifferens <small>(Mousson, 1872)</small>
- Napaeus inflatiusculus <small>(Wollaston, 1878)</small>
- Napaeus interpunctatus <small>(Wollaston, 1878)</small>
- Napaeus isletae <small>Groh & Ibanez, 1992</small>
- Napaeus josei <small>Yanes et al., 2011</small>
- Napaeus lajaensis <small>Castillo et al., 2006</small>
- Napaeus lichenicola <small>M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2007</small>
- Napaeus maculatus <small>Goodacre, 2006</small>
- Napaeus maffioteanus <small>(Mousson, 1872)</small>
- Napaeus magnus <small>Yanes, Deniz, M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2013</small>
- Napaeus minimus <small>Holyoak & Holyoak, 2011</small>
- Napaeus moquinianus <small>(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)</small>
- Napaeus moroi <small>MartÃÂn, Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011</small> - La Gomera
- Napaeus myosotis <small>(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)</small>
- Napaeus nanodes <small>Shuttleworth, 1852</small>
- Napaeus obesatus <small>(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)</small>
- Napaeus ocellatus <small>(Mousson, 1872)</small>
- Napaeus orientalis <small>HenrÃÂquez, 1995</small>
- Napaeus ornamentatus <small>Moro, 2009</small>
- Napaeus osoriensis <small>(Wollaston, 1878)</small>
- Napaeus palmaensis <small>(Mousson, 1872)</small>
- Napaeus procerus <small>Emerson, 2006</small>
- Napaeus propinquus <small>(Shuttleworth, 1852)</small>
- Napaeus pruninus <small>(A. Gould, 1846)</small>
- Napaeus pygmaeus <small>Ibanez & Alonso, 1993</small>
- Napaeus roccellicola <small>(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)</small>
- Napaeus rufobrunneus <small>(Wollaston, 1878)</small>
- Napaeus rupicola <small>(Mousson, 1872)</small>
- Napaeus savinosus <small>(Wollaston, 1878)</small>
- â Napaeus servus <small>(Mousson, 1872)</small>
- Napaeus severus <small>(J. Mabille, 1898)</small>
- Napaeus subgracilior <small>(Wollaston, 1878)</small>
- Napaeus subsimplex <small>(Wollaston, 1878)</small>
- Napaeus tabidus <small>(Shuttleworth, 1852)</small>
- Napaeus tafadaensis <small>Yanes, 2009</small>
- Napaeus tagamichensis <small>HenrÃÂquez, 1993</small>
- Napaeus taguluchensis <small>HenrÃÂquez, 1993</small>
- Napaeus tenoensis <small>HenrÃÂquez, 1993</small>
- Napaeus teobaldoi <small>MartÃÂn, 2009</small>
- Napaeus texturatus <small>(Mousson, 1872)</small>
- Napaeus torilensis <small>Artiles & Deniz, 2011</small> - on La Gomera
- Napaeus tremulans <small>(Mousson, 1858)</small>
- Napaeus validoi <small>Yanes et al., 2011</small>
- Napaeus variatus <small>(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)</small>
- Napaeus venegueraensis Yanes et al., 2011
- Napaeus voggenreiteri <small>Hutterer, 2006</small>
- Napaeus vulgaris <small>(Morelet & Drouët, 1857)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Napaeus arcuatus <small>(Kuester, 1845)</small>: synonym of Pseudonapaeus arcuatus <small>(Kuester, 1845)</small> (unaccepted combination)
- Napaeus candelaris <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small>: synonym of Pseudonapaeus candelaris <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small> (unaccepted combination)
- Napaeus coelebs <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small>: synonym of Pseudonapaeus coelebs <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small> (unaccepted combination)
- Napaeus sindicus <small>(Reeve, 1848)</small>: synonym of Pseudonapaeus sindicus <small>(Reeve, 1848)</small> (unaccepted combination)
- Napaeus vincentii <small>(Gredler, 1898)</small>: synonym of Serina vincentii <small>(Gredler, 1898)</small>
References
Further reading
- Alonso M. R., HenrÃÂquez F. & Ibáñez M. (1995). "Revision of the species group Napaeus variatus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Buliminidae) from the Canary Islands, with description of five new species". Zool Scr 24: 303âÂÂ320.
- Yanes Y., MartÃÂn J., Moro L., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (2009). "On the relationships of the genus Napaeus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Enidae), with the description of four new species from the Canary Islands". Journal of Natural History 43(35): 2179âÂÂ2207.
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