Oestophora
# Oestophora

Oestophora is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Trissexodontidae.

## Distribution

The distribution of the genus Oestophora includes western Iberian peninsula, north Africa and the Azores.

## Description

The shell is ribbed, with rounded or keeled whorls. The apertural margin is reflected and thickened.

Reproductive system: There is no flagellum, no penial papilla. There is one small dart sac, one longer accessory sac separated from vaginal walls and vagina with 3 simple and long accessory (mucus) glands.

The number of haploid chromosomes is 30.

## Species

Species within the genus Oestophoa include:

* Oestophora barbula (Rossmässler, 1838)
* Oestophora barrelsi (Hovestadt & Ripken, 2015)
* Oestophora calpeana (Morelet, 1854)
* Oestophora dorotheae Hesse, 1930
* Oestophora granesae Arrébola Burgos, 1998
* Oestophora lusitanica (Pfeiffer, 1841) - type species
* Oestophora ortizi Winter & Ripken, 1991
* Oestophora silvae Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962
* Oestophora tarnieri (Morelet, 1854)

Synonyms:

* Oestophora turriplana is a synonym for Gittenbergeria turriplana (Morelet, 1845)
