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Giffordius

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Giffordius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Subfamily: Polygyrinae
Genus: Giffordius
Pilsbry, 1930[1]

Giffordius is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.

The two known species, found on Isla de Providencia (or Old Providence), were named after the early conservationist and politician, Gifford Pinchot and his wife, Cornelia, whose expedition discovered them.[2] These snails are unusual among polygyrids in being ovoviviparous rather than oviparous.[3]

Species

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The genus Giffordius contains the following species:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1930). "Notes and News". Nautilus 43(4): 142.
  2. ^ Miller C. (2001). Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism. Island Press: p. 300.
  3. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1940). "Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)". Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, 1(2): 577.