Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Infraordo: Limacoidei
Superfamilia: Helicarionoidea
Familia: Urocyclidae
Subfamilia: Sheldoniinae
Genus: Sheldonia
Species: S. ngolandensis
Name
Sheldonia Ancey, 1887
Type species: Helix trotteriana Benson, 1848, by subsequent designation Connolly 1925: 467.
References
Additional references
Herbert, D.G. 2017: A new genus and eight new species of tail-wagger snails from eastern South Africa, with a key to genera within Sheldonia s.l. (Gastropoda: Urocyclidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 309: 1–50. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Sheldonia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Urocyclidae. Sheldonia is the type genus of the subfamily Sheldoniinae.[1]
Distribution
The distribution of this genus includes South Africa.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Sheldonia include:
Sheldonia fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)[3]
Sheldonia puzeyi Connolly, 1939[4]
Sheldonia peoppigii[citation needed]
References
Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
Ancey C. M. F. (1887). The Conchologists’ Exchange 1: 53.
Adrian J. Armstrong A. J. & Brand J. F. (2012). "Invertebrates on isolated peaks in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, South Africa". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 54(1): 10 pp. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v54i1.1082
Herbert, D.G. (2004). "Sheldonia puzeyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44709A10937991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44709A10937991.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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