Pilorcula

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Pilorcula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Orculidae
Genus:
Pilorcula

Pilorcula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. The species and subspecies in this genus inhabit the Caucasus and Turkey to Palestine. [2] [3]

Species and subspecies

Species and subspecies within the genus Pilorcula include: [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Germain, L. (1912). "Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Asie Antérieure. 5e note. Catalogue des gastéropodes de la Syrie et de la Paléstine.". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 18(7): 440-452.
  2. ↑ animalbase.org. "animalbase.org" . Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 Hausdorf, B. (1996). "Die Orculidae Asiens (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)"]. Archiv für Molluskenkunde125 (1/2): 1-86.


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