title: Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae).
abstract: Four species of land snails are described from Costa Rica and Panama. Two are new species and two have remained poorly known since their first discovery. A fifth species from Mexico and Guatemala is illustrated for comparative purposes because it has not been figured since 1877, and previous figures of it are inadequate for comparative purposes. The Spiraxidae subfamilies and the Spiraxinae genera are redefined.
authors.affiliation: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. fgt@flmnh.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Fred G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003364:Costa Rica; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010176:Panama; D012908:Snails / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*