Sphaerospira

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Sphaerospira
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.289356 - Sphaerospira blomfieldi (Cox, 1864) - Camaenidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Shell of Sphaeospira blomfieldi (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Hadrinae
Genus: Sphaerospira
Mörch, 1867
Type species
Helix fraseri
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
Synonyms [1]
  • Chloritis (Sphaerospira)Mörch, 1867
  • VarohadraIredale, 1933 (name not available. published without description)

Sphaerospira is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae. [1]

Contents

Some authorities consider this to be merely a subgenus of the genus Thersites.

Species

Species within the genus Sphaerospira include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sphaerospira Mörch, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818564 on 2021-02-09