Anguispira
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| taxon = Anguispira
| authority = Morse, 1864Morse E. S. (1864) J. Portland Soc. nat. Hist. 1: 11.
| synonyms = * Anguispira (Anguispira) Morse, 1864 · alternate representation
- Anguispira (Zonodiscus) Pilsbry, 1948 · alternate representation
- Helix (Anguispira) Morse, 1864 · unaccepted
- Patula (Anguispira) Morse, 1864
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Anguispira, the tigersnails, is a genus of small pulmonate land snails in the family Discidae endemic to North America.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Anguispira Morse, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995314 on 2022-07-12 Snails in this genus are defined by their striped shells. Anguispira species are either habitat generalists like A. alternata or limestone specialists like A. cumberlandiana. {{Cite journal |last=Haskell |first=David G. |last2=Pan |first2=Jia W. |date= |title=Phylogenetic analysis of threatened and range-restricted limestone specialists in the land snail genus Anguispira |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10592-013-0460-4 |journal=Conservation Genetics |language=en |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=671–682 |doi=10.1007/s10592-013-0460-4 |issn=1566-0621|url-access=subscription }}
Species
- Anguispira alabama {{small|(G.H.Clapp, 1920)}} — Alabama tigersnail
- Anguispira alternata {{small|(Say, 1817)}} — Flamed tigersnail
- Anguispira cumberlandiana {{small|(I.Lea, 1840)}} — Cumberland tigersnail
- Anguispira fergusoni {{small|(Bland, 1862)}} — Coastal plain tigersnail
- Anguispira holroydensis ({{small|Russell, 1956}})
- Anguispira jessica ({{small|Kutchka, 1938}}) — Mountain tigersnail
- Anguispira knoxensis {{small|(Pilsbry, 1901)}} — Rustic tigersnail
- Anguispira kochi {{small|(L.Pfeiffer, 1846)}} — Banded tigersnail
- Anguispira macneilli ({{small|B.Walker, 1928}}) — Tombigbee tigersnail
- Anguispira mordax {{small|(Shuttleworth, 1852)}} — Appalachian tigersnail
- Anguispira nimapuna ({{small|H.B.Baker, 1932}}) — Nimapuna or Nimapu tigersnail
- Anguispira picta {{small|(G.H.Clapp, 1920)}} — Painted snake-coiled forest snail
- Anguispira rugoderma ({{small|Hubricht, 1938}}) — Pine Mountain tigersnail
- Anguispira russelli ({{small|Tozer, 1956}})
- Anguispira stihleri ({{small|Dourson, 2015}}) — Greenbrier tigersnail
- Anguispira strongylodes {{small|(Pfeiffer, 1854)}} — Southeastern tigersnail
;Synonyms
- Anguispira clarki Vanatta, 1924: synonym of Anguispira fergusoni (Bland, 1862)
- † Anguispira simplex Russell, 1955: synonym of † Haplotrema simplex (Russell, 1955) (new combination)
- Anguispira strigosa (A. Gould, 1846): synonym of Oreohelix strigosa (A. Gould, 1846) (unaccepted combination)
References
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- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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