Sculptaria
Sculptaria sculpturata
The genus Sculptaria is the only genus of the worm family Sculptariidae from the subordination of terrestrial snails ( gastropod ). Genus and family only contain about 20 species and subspecies that are native to southwestern Africa.
Features
The housings are flattened lens -shaped or disk-shaped sculpted and strong. There shall be set to about six turns, the periphery is keeled. The shell is relatively thick. The mouth is oblique to the axis of coiling modified and strong. She falls heavily from the turns, and is at the extreme end "free", ie without contact with the preceding turn. It is a parietal lamella un two or three palatal plicae present. The edges are bent and widened. In hermaphroditic genital apparatus of the penis is moderately long with a subapical Sack. The epiphallus and the flagellum are very short. The vas deferens is not due to the penis. In contrast, the vagina has no attachment. The stem of the spermathecae is relatively long and only basally widened only slightly. He is not connected to the Spermovidukt.
Occurrence, lifestyle and dissemination
The species of the genus or family Sculptariidae Sculptaria are located in southwestern Africa, hitherto proven in southern Angola, Namibia and South Africa. They live in dry and hot areas with sparse vegetation.
System
The family is provided by Schileyko (2005) in the superfamily Acavoidea. Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) they oppose it to the superfamily Plectopyloidea. So far about 20 species and subspecies have been described, their status is often not sure. A modern treatment of the genus is so far not yet available.
- Family Sculptariidae Degner, 1923 Genus Sculptaria L. Pfeiffer, 1855 Sculptaria sculpturata (Gray, 1838) ( with the subspecies Sculptaria sculpturata sculpturata (Gray, 1838), Sculptaria sculpturata collaris Pfeiffer, 1867 Sculptaria sculpturata laevis Zilch 1939)
- Sculptaria planula Zilch, 1951
- Sculptaria hoeschae Zilch, 1951
- Sculptaria kaokoensis Zilch, 1952
- Sculptaria namaquensis Zilch, 1939
- Sculptaria damarensis H. Adams, 1870 ( with the subspecies Sculptaria damarensis damarensis H. Adams and Sculptaria damarensis minor Degner, Sculptaria damarensis pygmaea Zilch 1952)
- Sculptaria leschkei Degner, 1922
- Sculptaria ohopohoensis Zilch, 1939
- Sculptaria retisculpta v. Martens, 1889
- Sculptaria pretiosa Zilch, 1939
- Sculptaria edlingeri Connolly, 1938 ( with the subspecies Sculptaria edlingeri edlingeri Connolly, 1938 and Sculptaria edlingeri plurilamellata Flower, 1952)
- Sculptaria Framesi burnup, 1923
- Sculptaria gertenbachae Flower, 1963
- Sculptaria chapmanni Ancey, 1890