Phuphania
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Dyakiidae |
| Genus: | Phuphania C. Tumpeesuwan, Naggs & Panha, 2007 |
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Phuphania[1] is a genus air-breathing, tropical land snails. It is a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Dyakiidae. All members of this genus display bioluminescence.[2]
Species
[edit]The World Register of Marine Species lists:[3]
- Phuphania cartinata C. Kongim, Bangon & Panha, Somsak, 2013
- Phuphania costata C. Tumpeesuwan & S. Tumpeesuwan, 2014
- Phuphania crossei (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
- Phuphania globosa C. Tumpeesuwan, Naggs & Panha, 2007 - type species.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tumpeesuwan C., Naggs F. & Panha S. (31 August 2007) "A new genus and new species of dyakiid snail (Pulmonata: Dyakiidae) from the Phu Phan range, northeastern Thailand". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(2): 363-369. PDF
- ^ Pholyotha, Arthit; Yano, Daichi; Mizuno, Gaku; Sutcharit, Chirasak; Tongkerd, Piyoros; Oba, Yuichi; Panha, Somsak (2023-09-13). "A new discovery of the bioluminescent terrestrial snail genus Phuphania (Gastropoda: Dyakiidae)". Scientific Reports. 13 (1): 15137. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-42364-y. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 10499882. PMID 37704646.
- ^ "Phuphania". WoRMS. MolluscaBase eds. 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.