Family STREPTAXIDAE Gray, 1860
Introduction
A family of carnivorous snails widely distributed throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions. Though the centre of their distribution appears to be the Indo-west Pacific region, several species have become successful world travellers being dispersed both by natural means and by human agency.
The family is characterized by the small sized, cylindrical shell with a strongly reflected lip and apertural barriers.
General References
Benthem Jutting, W.S.S. van 1950. Systematic studies on the non-marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Critical revision of the Javanese pulmonate land-shells of the families Helicarionidae, Pleurodontidae, Fruiticicolidae and Streptaxidae. Treubia 20: 381-505
Bruggen, A.C. van 1967. An introduction to the pulmonate family Streptaxidae. Journal of Conchology 26: 181-188
Stanisic, J. 1981. The carnivorous land snail Gulella (Huttonella) bicolor (Hutton, 1834) in Australia. (Pulmonata : Streptaxidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 5: 84-86
Stanisic, J. 1998. Family Streptaxidae. pp. 1090-1091 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |