title: Oestophora
text: # 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)
  