Abida (gastropod)

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Abida
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Eight shells of Abida secale
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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.

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Distribution

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.

Species

The species in this genus include: [2] [3] [4]

ImageBinomial nameDistribution
Abida attenuata (MNHN-IM-2010-13019).jpeg Abida-attenuata 01.jpg Abida attenuata Abida-attenuata-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Abida bigerrensis (MNHN-IM-2010-13020).jpeg Abida-bigerrensis 02.jpg Abida bigerrensis Abida-bigerrensis-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Abida cylindrica (MNHN-IM-2010-13021).jpeg Abida-cylindrica 01.jpg Abida cylindrica Abida-cylindrica-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Abida gittenbergeri Abida-gittenbergeri-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Abida occidentalis (MNHN-IM-2010-13022).jpeg Abida occidentalis Abida-occidentalis-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Abida partioti (MNHN-IM-2010-13023).jpeg Abida-partioti 01.jpg Abida patrioti Abida-partioti-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Abida polyodon (MNHN-IM-2010-13024).jpeg Abida-polyodon 02.jpg Abida polyodon Abida-polyodon-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Abida pyrenaearia (MNHN-IM-2010-13025).jpeg Abida-pyrenaearia 01.jpg Abida pyrenaeria Abida-pyrenaearia-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Abida-secale 01.jpg Abida secale Abida-secale-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Abida-vasconica 01.jpg Abida vasconica Abida-vasconica-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Abida vergniesiana (MNHN-IM-2010-13026).jpeg Abida vergniesiana

Habitat

The species in this genus all are restricted to areas with calcareous rocks, i.e. limestone areas.

Related Research Articles

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pupillidae</span> Family of gastropods

Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.

<i>Chondrina</i> Genus of gastropods

Chondrina is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chondrinidae</span> Family of gastropods

Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.

<i>Abida secale</i> Species of gastropod

Abida secale is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orthurethra</span> Clade of gastropods

Orthurethra is a clade of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.

<i>Abida attenuata</i> Species of gastropod

Abida attenuata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.

<i>Abida bigerrensis</i> Species of gastropod

Abida bigerrensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.

<i>Abida cylindrica</i> Species of gastropod

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.

<i>Abida occidentalis</i> Species of gastropod

Abida occidentalis is a species of land snail in the family Chondrinidae.

<i>Abida polyodon</i> Species of gastropod

Abida polyodon is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.

<i>Abida pyrenaearia</i> Species of gastropod

Abida pyrenaearia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.

<i>Abida vasconica</i> Species of gastropod

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.

<i>Abida ateni</i> Species of gastropod

Abida ateni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.

<i>Abida partioti</i> Species of gastropod

Abida partioti is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.

<i>Abida vergniesiana</i> Species of gastropod

Abida vergniesiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.

References

  1. Turton W. (1831). A manual of the land and freshwater shells of the British Islands arranged according to the more modern systems of classification; and described from perfect specimens in the author's cabinet: with coloured plates of every species. pp. i-viii [= 1-8], 1-152, Pl. [1-10]. London. page 101.
  2. "Abida Turton 1831". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. "Species in genus Abida". AnimalBase . Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  4. Kokshoorn, B. and Gittenberger, E. 2010. Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: New synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zootaxa 2539: 1-62.