Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Urocoptoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Urocoptoidea

Familia: Epirobiidae
Genus: Epirobia
Species: Epirobia brevior

Name

  • Epirobia brevior Thompson, 2012: 185, figs 11D–F
Holotype: UF 242756 (Fig. 11D); collected 28 May, 1995 by John Polisar.
Type locality: HONDURAS: Dept. Santa Barbara, Cerro Santa Barbara, limestone bluff on the west slope ca.2 km north of Huatuso, 14.875ºN, 88.133ºW, 1460 m alt.
Etymology: The name brevior is from the Latin, meaning shorter, alluding to fewer number of whorls and shorter shell that characterize this species.

References

  • Thompson, F.G. 2012: The land snail genus Epirobia and allied genera in México and Central America, with the description of a new family, the Epirobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Urocoptoidea). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51(3): 167-215. PDF Reference page. 
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