Pfeifferia (gastropod)

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Pfeifferia
Pfeifferia stevenliei (MNHN-IM-2000-29939).jpeg
Shell of Pfeifferia stevenliei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Pfeifferia
Gray, 1853
Type species
Helix micansL. Pfeiffer, 1845
Synonyms [1]
  • Chloraea (Chromatosphaera)Pilsbry, 1892(superseded generic combination)
  • Chloraea (Pfeifferia)Gray, 1853 (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Chromatosphaera)Pilsbry, 1892 (superseded generic combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Pfeifferia)Gray, 1853 (superseded combination)
  • Helicostyla (Chromatosphaera)Pilsbry, 1892 (superseded combination)
  • Helicostyla (Pfeifferia)Gray, 1853 (unaccepted rank)
  • Pfeifferia (Chromatosphaera)Pilsbry, 1892 · alternate representation

Pfeifferia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicostylinae of the family Camaenidae. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pfeifferia Gray, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882191 on 2022-04-22