Gaeotis

Gaeotis is a genus of air-breathing land semi-slugs,[3] terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.

Gaeotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Amphibulimidae
Genus:	Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854[1]
Diversity[2]
4 species

Distribution

Location of Puerto Rico, where the genus Gaeotis is endemic to.

The genus Gaeotis is endemic to Puerto Rico.[1][2]

Species

Species within the genus Gaeotis include:

• Gaeotis albopunctulata Shuttleworth, 1854[1]
• Gaeotis flavolineata Shuttleworth, 1854[1]
• Gaeotis malleata Pilsbry, 1899[2]
• Gaeotis nigrolineata Shuttleworth, 1854[1] - type species of the genus Gaeotis[2]

References

1. Shuttleworth R. J. (1854). "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico". Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern 1854(314-316): 33-56.
2. Breure A. S. H. (1974). "Notes On the Genus Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae)". Netherlands Journal of Zoology 24(3): 236-252. doi:10.1163/002829674X00057. PDF Archived 2012-09-07 at the Wayback Machine.
3. Breure A. S. H. (2010). "The rediscovery of a semi-slug: Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 (Gastropoda, Pleurodontidae) from Hispaniola". Basteria 74(4-6): 78-86.

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