Protorugosa

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Protorugosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Rhytidoidea
Family: Rhytididae
Subfamily: Rhytidinae
Genus: Protorugosa
Shea & Griffiths, 2010
Type species
Protorugosa burragaShea & O. L. Griffiths, 2010

Protorugosa is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropods in the family Rhytididae, first described by Michael Shea & Owen Griffiths in 2010. [1] [2] This snail is endemic to New South Wales. [1]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Protorugosa". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  2. John Stanisic; Michael Shea; Darryl Potter; Owen Griffiths (2010). Australian Land Snails. Volume 1—A field guide to Eastern Australian species. Mauritius. p. 1-595 [130, 572]. ISBN   978-99949-32-24-5. Wikidata   Q113364499.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)