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 interupta

Name

  • Epirobia interupta Thompson, 2012: 189, figs 13A–C
Holotype: UF 213271; collected 10 October, 1991 by Fred G. Thompson, Harry G. Lee, William Buchanin, and Eric Fernandez.
Type locality: HONDURAS, Dept. Santa Barbara, Cerro Santa Barbara, Finca Las Quebradas, 3 km west of El Jarál, 14.643ºN, 88.088ºW, 1260 m alt.
Etymology: The species name interupta is from the Latin, meaning interrupted or intervals, alluding to the discontinuous intervals in the ribbed sculpture of the shell.

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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