Tomigerus

Tomigerus is a genus of air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Tomogeridae.

Species

This genus contains the following species:Tomigerus clausus Spix, 1827Tomigerus corrugatus Ihering, 1905Tomigerus esamianus Salgado & Coelho, 1990Tomigerus laevis Ihering, 1905Tomigerus matthewsi Salgado & Leme, 1991Tomigerus pilsbryi Baker, 1914Tomigerus rochai Ihering, 1905
Synonyms:Tomigerus gibberulus is a synonym of Digerus gibberulus - extinctTomigerus turbinatus is a synonym of Biotocus turbinatus - extinct

How the shell is carried

It is evident from several features of the shell and its internal organization that the shell in this genus is carried with its principal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the foot; that is, the spire is directed to the right. The flattened surface of the outer whorl thus rests upon the dorsal surface of the foot or upon the substratum when the animal is in a state of aestivation, a position which they had assumed in both instances.