Napaeus | |
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Napaeus obesatus (Webb & Berthelot, 1833) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): |
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Enoidea |
Family: | Enidae |
Subfamily: | Eninae |
Tribe: | Enini |
Genus: |
Napaeus Albers, 1850 |
Diversity | |
65 extant + 2 extinct + some undescribed species |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Napaeus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.
Napaeus is endemic to the Macaronesia ecoregion: Azores and Canary Islands.
There are two recognized subgenera, Napaeus Albers, 1850 and Napaeinus Hesse, 1933.
Species within the genus Napaeus include 18 species on the Tenerife, 17 species on the La Gomera and others. Additionally, 11 new species from the Canary Islands were described in 2011.