Draparnaudia

Not to be confused with Draparnaldia, the genus of green algae.

Draparnaudia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Partuloidea.

Draparnaudia
empty shells of Draparnaudia singularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Pupilloidei
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Draparnaudiidae Solem, 1962[1]
Genus:	Draparnaudia Montrouzier, 1859[2]
Type species
Draparnaudia michaudi Montrouzier, 1859
Species[3]
Draparnaudia anniae Tillier & Mordan, 1995 Draparnaudia gassiesi Pilsbry, 1902 Draparnaudia michaudi Montrouzier, 1859 Draparnaudia singularis Reeve, 1855 Draparnaudia singularis diminuta Ancey, 1905 Draparnaudia singularis singularis Reeve, 1855 Draparnaudia subnecata Tillier & Mordan, 1995 Draparnaudia walkeri Sykes, 1902
Diversity[4]
6 species

Draparnaudia is the only genus in the family Draparnaudiidae.

Both the family name and the genus name of these snails were created to honor the 18th century French malacologist Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to New Caledonia, in Melanesia and – probably introduced – to Vanuatu.

Taxonomy

The family Draparnaudiidae is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Draparnaudia is the type genus of the family Draparnaudiidae.^[5]

Draparnaudiidae consists of one genus with six species:^[4]

• Draparnaudia anniae Tillier & Mordan, 1995
• Draparnaudia gassiesi Pilsbry, 1902
• Draparnaudia michaudi Montrouzier, 1859 – type species
• Draparnaudia singularis (Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Draparnaudia subnecata Tillier & Mordan, 1995
• Draparnaudia walkeri Sykes, 1903