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 longior

Name

  • Epirobia longior Thompson, 2012: 186, figs 12A–D
Holotype: UF 242712; collected 24 May, 1995 by John Polisar.
Type locality: HONDURAS, Dept. Santa Barbara, east slope of Cerro Santa Barbara, trail southwest of San Luįs Los Planes to the summit of the mountain, 14.953ºN, 88.156ºW; 1640 m alt.
Etymology: The name longior is from the Latin, meaning longer, alluding to its extended apex, more so than with other Epirobia.

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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