Jagora

Genus of gastropods

Jagora
Apertural view of a shell of Jagora asperata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Jagora

Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2003[1]
Diversity[1]
2 species

Jagora is a genus of freshwater snails which have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to the Philippines.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Jagora include:

  • Jagora asperata (Lamarck, 1822)[2] - type species[1]
  • Jagora dactylus (I. lea & H. C. Lea, 1850)[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2003). "Morphology, reproductive biology and molecular genetics of ovoviviparous freshwater gastropods (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae) from the Philippines, with description of the new genus Jagora". Zoologica Scripta 32(1): 35-59. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00100.x.
  2. ^ a b Köhler F. & Dames C. (2009). "Phylogeny and systematics of the Pachychilidae of mainland Southeast Asia – novel insights from morphology and mitochondrial DNA (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 679-699. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00541.x.
Taxon identifiers
Jagora


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