Microstrophia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Enneinae of the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Microstrophia Möllendorff, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883915 on 2021-07-26
Distribution Distribution of the genus Microstrophia include: Mauritius RéunionSutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. .
Species Species within the genus Microstrophia include: Microstrophia abnormala Griffiths & Florens, 2004 † Microstrophia baideri Griffiths & Florens, 2004 † Microstrophia clavulata (Lamarck, 1822) Microstrophia goudoti (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994) Microstrophia jacobsi (Griffiths, 2000) Microstrophia modesta Adams, 1867Griffiths O. (1996). Microstrophia modesta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. Microstrophia nana Peile, 1936Griffiths O. (1996). Microstrophia nana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. Microstrophia toudogi (Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994) Species brought into synonymy Microstrophia cryptophora (Morelet, 1881): synonym of Juventigulella cryptophora (Morelet, 1881) (superseded combination)
References
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
Martens, E. von. (1880). Mollusken. Pp. 179-353, pl. 19-22 In K. Möbius, F. Richters & E. von Martens, Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin: Gutmann