Portugala

Portugala
Shell of Portugala inchoata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Hygromiidae
Subfamily:	Leptaxinae
Genus:	Portugala E. Gittenberger, 1980
Species:	P. inchoata
Binomial name
Portugala inchoata (Morelet, 1845)
Synonyms [2]
Helix inchoataMorelet, 1845

Portugala is a monotypic genus of land snails native to the western Iberian Peninsula in Portugal and Galicia (Spain). ^[2]

It has a single species, Portugala inchoata, which can grow to 15 mm. ^{[3] [4]}

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References

1. Arrébola, J. (2011). "Portugala inchoata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T156982A5024971. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156982A5024971.en . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Portugala E. Gittenberger, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996518 on 2022-02-06
3. "Portugala inchoata (Morelet, 1845)". Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
4. "Portugala inchoata (Morelet 1845) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-10-02.

• Gittenberger, E. (1980). Three notes on Iberian terrestrial gastropods. Zoologische Mededelingen, 55 (17): 201–213. Leiden.
• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

External links

• Caro, A., Neiber, M. T., Gómez-Moliner, B. J. & Madeira, M. J. (2019). Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the land snail subfamily Leptaxinae (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 139: 1-11