| Gaeotis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amphibulimidae |
| Genus: | Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 18541 |
| Diversity2 | |
| 4 species | |
Gaeotis is a genus of air-breathing land semi-slugs,3 terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.
Distribution
The genus Gaeotis is endemic to Puerto Rico.12
Species
Species within the genus Gaeotis include:
- Gaeotis albopunctulata Shuttleworth, 18541
- Gaeotis flavolineata Shuttleworth, 18541
- Gaeotis malleata Pilsbry, 18992
- Gaeotis nigrolineata Shuttleworth, 18541 - type species of the genus Gaeotis2
References
References
- Shuttleworth R. J. (1854). "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico". Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern 1854(314-316): 33-56.
- Breure A. S. H. (1974). "Notes On the Genus Gaeotis Shuttleworth, 1854 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae)". Netherlands Journal of Zoology 24(3): 236-252. doi:10.1163/002829674X00057. PDF Archived 2012-09-07 at the Wayback Machine.
- Breure A. S. H. (2010). "The rediscovery of a semi-slug: Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 (Gastropoda, Pleurodontidae) from Hispaniola". Basteria 74(4-6): 78-86.