Tayloria is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tayloria Bourguignat, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996783 on 2025-06-16
Distribution The distribution of the genus Tayloria includes East Africa:Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. . East Africa Somalia the SeychellesSutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. . Tanzania
Species Species within the genus Tayloria include: Tayloria amaniensis Verdcourt - from Tanzania Tayloria angustistriata K. Pfeiffer - from Tanzania Tayloria babaulti Germain, 1923 Tayloria craveni (E. A. Smith, 1880) Tayloria desiderata (Preston, 1913) Tayloria enneoides (E. von Martens, 1878) Tayloria gigas (E. A. Smith, 1880) Tayloria grandis Thiele, 1933 Tayloria gwandaensis (Preston, 1912) Tayloria helicoides (C. R. Boettger, 1913) Tayloria hyalinoides Thiele - from Tanzania Tayloria iterata E. von Martens, 1897 Tayloria jouberti Bourguignat, 1890 Tayloria jucunda Thiele, 1933 Tayloria kibweziensis (E. A. Smith, 1894) Tayloria leroyi (Bourguignat, 1890) Tayloria moncieuxi F. Haas, 1934 Tayloria quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) Tayloria shimbiensis Connolly, 1922 Tayloria somaliensis (Connolly, 1931) Tayloria striata Verdcourt, 1958 Tayloria urguessensis (Preston, 1913) Tayloria usambarica (Craven, 1880)
Synonyms Tayloria marsabitensis (Preston, 1913): synonym of Tayloria urguessensis marsabitensis (Preston, 1913) (status change) † Tayloria miocenica Verdcourt, 1963: synonym of Artemonopsis miocenica (Verdcourt, 1963) (superseded combination)
References
Bequaert J. & Clench W. J. (1936). "Studies of African land and fresh-water mollusks. Notes on Gonaxis Taylor, with description of a new species". Journal of Conchology London, 20: 263-273. Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1-60. abstract, PDF.