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: Pectinistemma
Species: Pectinistemma roesslingi

Name

  • Pectinistemma roesslingi Thompson, 2012: 200, figs 16E–H
Holotype: UF 226415; collected 18 July, 1994 by Fred G. Thompson and Elizabeth L. Mihalcik.
Type locality: MÉXICO, Nuevo León State, Cerro Peña Nevada,1 km north of El Refugio, ca. 19 km south-southeast of Zaragoza (23.9208º N, 99.7194º W), 2350 m alt.
Etymology: "I take pleasure in naming this species after Val J. Roessling, for his assistance with field work on this project."

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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