Genus of gastropods

Geostilbia

Shell of Geostilbia sheilae (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Order:  | Stylommatophora
Suborder:  | Achatinina
Superfamily:  | Achatinoidea
Family:  | Ferussaciidae
Genus:  | Geostilbia
Crosse, 1867
Type species
Geostilbia caledonica Crosse, 1867

Synonyms[1]

Cecilioides (Geostilbia) Crosse, 1867

Geostilbia is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae.[1]

## Species[edit]

The genus Geostilbia includes the following species:

* Geostilbia aperta (Swainson, 1840)
* Geostilbia blandiana Crosse, 1886
* Geostilbia comorensis Morelet, 1883
* Geostilbia mariei Crosse, 1880
* Geostilbia moellendorffi Pilsbry, 1908
* Geostilbia philippinensis (Semper, 1874)
* Geostilbia philippinica Möllendorff, 1890
* Geostilbia sheilae Groh, 2015

Species brought into synonymy

* Geostilbia caledonica Crosse, 1867: synonym of Geostilbia gundlachi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
* Geostilbia gundlachi (L. Pfeiffer, 1850): synonym of Geostilbia aperta (Swainson, 1840)
* Geostilbia stuhlmanni E. von Martens, 1897: synonym of Nothapalus stuhlmanni (E. von Martens, 1897) (original combination)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Geostilbia Crosse, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833808 on 2015-02-16

* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017

## External links[edit]

* Crosse H. (1867). Description d'un genre nouveau et de plusieurs espèces inédites provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 15(2): 177-194, pls 5, 7.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q19597284
* AFD: Geostilbia
* CoL: 7P493
* GBIF: 4598658
* IRMNG: 1158548
* WoRMS: 833808

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