| Abida | |
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| Eight shells of Abida secale scale bar in mm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Chondrinidae |
| Genus: | Abida Turton, 1831 [1] |
Abida is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.
This is a European genus. It consists of about 10 species, most of which are restricted to the Pyrenees and Cantabrian mountains in France and Spain. Only Abida secale and Abida polyodon occur outside this area.
The species in this genus include: [2] [3] [4]
The species in this genus all are restricted to areas with calcareous rocks, i.e. limestone areas.
William Turton was an English physician and naturalist. He is known for his pioneering work in conchology, and for translating Linnaeus' Systema Naturae into English.
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
Chondrina is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.
Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.
Abida secale is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
Orthurethra is a clade of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.
Abida attenuata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
Abida bigerrensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
Abida cylindrica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
Abida gittenbergeri is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
Abida occidentalis is a species of land snail in the family Chondrinidae.
Abida polyodon is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
Abida pyrenaearia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
Abida vasconica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae. This species is endemic to northern Spain.
Abida ateni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
Abida partioti is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
Abida vergniesiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
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