Spiripockia

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Spiripockia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Cochliopidae
Simone, 2012
Type species
Spiripockia punctata
Simone, 2012

Spipipockia is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial troglobiont gastropod molluscs in the family Cochliopidae. [1]

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Species

Spiripockia currently includes two species: [2]

Ecology

Snails in the genus Spiripockia are troglobiont, which means they are small cave-dwelling animals that are adapted to dark environments. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Simone, L. R. L. (2012). "A new genus and species of cavernicolous Pomatiopsidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) in Bahia, Brazil" (PDF). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 52 (40): 515–524. doi: 10.1590/s0031-10492012022000001 .
  2. Simone, Luiz Ricardo L.; Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe (2021). "A new species of Spiripockia from eastern Brazil and reassignment to Cochliopidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea)". Journal of Natural History. 54 (47–48): 3121–3130. doi:10.1080/00222933.2021.1890850. S2CID   235172570.