Gyliotrachela

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Gyliotrachela
Mollusca Gastropoda Gyliotrachela australis Trumpet Snail.jpg
Gyliotrachela australis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hypselostomatidae
Genus: Gyliotrachela
Tomlin, 1930 [1]
Synonyms
  • GyliauchenPilsbry, 1917

Gyliotrachela is a genus of land snails in the family Hypselostomatidae. They are known commonly as trumpetsnails. [2] Some species have the aperture of the shell on a trumpet-shaped extension. [3]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Gyliotrachela: [4]


References

  1. Tomlin J. R. le B. (1930). Proc. malac. Soc. London19: 24.
  2. Gyliotrachela. Atlas of Living Australia.
  3. Solem, A. (1981). Small land snails from Northern Australia, I: Species of Gyliotrachela Tomlin, 1930 (Mollusca: Pulmonata, Vertiginidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 5(1-2) 87-100.
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Gyliotrachela Tomlin, 1930". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-10-12.