Orcula

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Orcula
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Adult and juvenile shells of Orcula dolium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Orculidae
Genus: Orcula
Held, 1837
Type species
Pupa doliumDraparnaud, 1801
Synonyms
  • Orcula (Hausdorfia)Páll-Gergely & Irikov, 2013· accepted, alternate representation
  • Orcula (Illyriobanatica)Páll-Gergely & Deli, 2013· accepted, alternate representation
  • Orcula (Orcula)Held, 1838· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pupa (Orcula)Held, 1838
  • PupulaMörch, 1852

Orcula is a genus of land snails in the family Orculidae. It is the type genus of the family. [1] [2]

Contents

These snails have ovate-cylindrical shells generally measuring about 5 to 10 millimeters. [1]

The center of diversity of the genus is in the Alps. Some species live in alpine climates. In general, the snails occur in wet forested habitat and boulder fields on limestone substrates. [1]

Species

There are 14 species in this genus, divided among 3 subgenera. [1]

Species include: [3]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Páll-Gergely, B., et al. (2013). Subeneric division of the genus Orcula Held 1837 with remarks on Romanian orculid data (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orculidae). Zookeys 301 25-49.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Orcula Held, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995303 on 2021-11-14
  3. ↑ Harl, Jo.; Sattmann, H.; Schileyko, A. (2011). "Types of the extant taxa of the landsnail genus Orcula Held 1837 (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Orculidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 140 (2): 149–173.


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