Libera (gastropod)
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| name= Libera
| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.389298 - Libera tumuloides (Garrett, 1872) - Endodontidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
| image_caption = Libera tumuloides shells
| taxon = Libera
| authority = Garrett, 1881Garrett A. (1881) "The terrestrial mollusca inhabiting Cook's or Hervey Islands" Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2)8(4): 381-411.
| synonyms =
- Garrettia Cossman, 1910 not Paetel, 1873
- Garrettina Thiele, 1931
- Helix (Libera) Garrett, 1881 ·
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Libera is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae. {{WRMS species|875247|Libera Garrett, 1881|1 April 2025}}
Originally the genus Libera was placed within the family Charopidae.
Species
Species in the genus Libera include:Solem A. (29 October 1976) "Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part I. Family Endodontidae". Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, [https://archive.org/details/endodontoidlands01sole]
- Libera bursatella (Gould, 1876)
- Libera bursatella bursatella (Gould, 1876)
- Libera bursatella orofenensis Solem, 1976
- Libera cavernula (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847)
- Libera cookeana Solem, 1976
- Libera dubiosa (Ancey, 1889)
- Libera fratercula (Pease, 1867)
- Libera fratercula fratercula (Pease, 1867)
- Libera fratercula ratotongensis Solem, 1976
- Libera garrettiana Solem, 1976
- Libera gregaria Garret, 1884
- Libera heynemanni (Pfeiffer, 1862)
- Libera incognata Solem, 1976
- Libera kondoi Christensen, Khan & Kirch, 2018
- Libera micrasoma Solem, 1976
- Libera recedens Garret, 1884
- Libera retunsa (Pease, 1864)
- Libera spuria (Ancey, 1889)
- Libera streptaxon (Reeve, 1852)
- Libera subcavernula (Tryon, 1887) - extinct, the type species
- Libera tumuloides (Garrett, 1872) - extinct
- Libera umbilicata Solem, 1976
;Synonyms:
- Libera coarctata Garrett, 1884: synonym of Libera dubiosa Ancey, 1889 (invalid: junior homonym of Libera coarctata Pfeiffer, 1850)
- Libera jackquinoti (Pfeiffer, 1850): synonym of Libera cavernula (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847)
Shell description
The genus Libera was described by Andrew Garrett in 1881. Garrett's type description reads as follows:Hedley C. (1 September 1892) "Observations on the Charopdae. Part I." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales [https://archive.org/details/proceedingsoflin0207linn 7](I): 157-169. Linnean Society of New South Wales. [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsoflin0207linn#page/n187/mode/2up Plate 1]-2.
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Shell small, widely umbilicated, umbilicus (in adults) strongly constricted so as to form a cavernous or pouch-like cavity; whorls 7-9, costulate or striate, last one angulata or carinate, rarely rounded; aperture subrhomboidal or securiform; peristome thin, simple, straight; parietal region with one or two, and the palate with (rarely without) two or three, internal laminae; columella emarginate and furnished with a spiral fold.
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Life cycle
These snails lay their eggs into the umbilicus of their own shells.Heller J. (2001) Life history strategies. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WlvX-9Wt0toC&dq=Libera+Garrett&pg=PA419 page 419]. 413-445. In: Barker G. M. (ed.) The biology of terrestrial molluscs. Cabi Publishing. {{ISBN|0-85199-318-4}}.
References
External links
- Bishop museum info: [http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=9104]
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