Spirorbula

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Spirorbula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Geomitrinae
Genus: Spirorbula
Lowe, 1852 [1]
Type species
Helix latensC. T. Lowe, 1852
Synonyms
  • Helix (Irus)R. T. Lowe, 1852(junior synonym)
  • Helix (Spirorbula)C. T. Lowe, 1852 · unaccepted (original rank)
  • IrusR. T. Lowe, 1852 ·

Spirorbula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Geomitrinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. [2]

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Distribution

The distribution of the genus Spirorbula includes the area from Madeira to Porto Santo in the country of Portugal. [3]

Species

Species within the genus Spirobula include:

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References

  1. Lowe (1852). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)9: 114.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spirorbula R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996337 on 2022-07-22
  3. 1 2 "Genus taxon summary for Spirorbula". AnimalBase, last modified 09 September 2008, accessed 13 January 2011.