Naesiotus


Naesiotus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.

Species

Species within the genus Naesiotus include:Naesiotus achatellinus Naesiotus adelphus Naesiotus akamatus Naesiotus albemarlensis Naesiotus alethorhytidus Naesiotus altus Naesiotus amastroides Naesiotus andivagus Weyrauch, 1956Naesiotus arnaldoi Naesiotus bambamarcaensis Weyrauch, 1960Naesiotus beldingi Naesiotus calchaquinus Naesiotus calvus Naesiotus canaliferus Naesiotus carlucioi Naesiotus catlowiae Naesiotus cavagnaroi A. G. Smith, 1972Naesiotus cerrateae Weyrauch, 1967Naesiotus chemnitzioides Naesiotus christenseni Naesiotus cinerarius Naesiotus cosmicus Naesiotus crepundius Naesiotus cutisculptus Naesiotus deletangi Naesiotus dentifer Naesiotus durangoanus Naesiotus elegantulus Weyrauch, 1956Naesiotus eos Naesiotus eschariferus Naesiotus eudioptus Naesiotus excelsus Naesiotus exornatus Reeve, 1849Naesiotus fernandezae Weyrauch, 1958Naesiotus gabbi Naesiotus galapaganus Naesiotus geophilus Weyrauch, 1967Naesiotus gigantensis Naesiotus gracillimus Weyrauch, 1956Naesiotus haasi Weyrauch, 1956Naesiotus haematospira Naesiotus hannai Naesiotus harribaueri Naesiotus jacobi Naesiotus laevapex Naesiotus lopesi Naesiotus lycodus Naesiotus milleri Naesiotus montezuma Naesiotus montivagus Naesiotus munsterii Naesiotus nigromontanus Naesiotus nuciformis Naesiotus nuculus Naesiotus nux Naesiotus ochsneri Naesiotus oxylabris Naesiotus pachys Naesiotus pallidior Naesiotus pallidus Naesiotus pazianus Naesiotus perspectivus Naesiotus pilsbryi Weyrauch, 1956Naesiotus pollonerae Naesiotus quitensisNaesiotus reibischi Naesiotus rhabdotus Naesiotus rimatus Naesiotus rivasii Naesiotus rocayanus Naesiotus rugatinus Naesiotus rugiferus Naesiotus rugulosus Naesiotus sculpturatus Naesiotus silvaevagus Weyrauch, 1960Naesiotus spirifer Naesiotus stenogyroides – endemic to DominicaNaesiotus subcostatus Naesiotus tanneri Naesiotus tarmensis Weyrauch, 1967Naesiotus trichodes Naesiotus turritus Weyrauch, 1967Naesiotus unifasciatus Naesiotus ustulatus Naesiotus ventrosus Naesiotus veseyianus Naesiotus vestalis Naesiotus willinki Breure, 1978Naesiotus wolfi Naesiotus xantusi Naesiotus zilchi Weyrauch, 1956
;Species brought into synonymy:Naesiotus bicolor Weyrauch, 1967: synonym of Bostryx bicolor Naesiotus chrysalis : synonym of Protoglyptus chrysalis Naesiotus eudioptus : synonym of Simpulopsis eudioptus Naesiotus latecolumellaris Weyrauch, 1967: synonym of Bostryx latecolumellaris
  • * Naesiotus luciae : synonym of Protoglyptus luciae Naesiotus martinicensis : synonym of Protoglyptus martinicensis Naesiotus mazei : synonym of Protoglyptus mazei Naesiotus pilosus : synonym of Protoglyptus pilosus Naesiotus sanctaeluciae : synonym of ''Protoglyptus sanctaeluciae''

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Naesiotus include Ecuador, Colombia, Dominica, Peru,...

Human use

People are sometimes consuming them raw, but consumption of raw snails is not recommended because snails can be vector of number of parasites.