Sterkia

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Sterkia
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
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Sterkia

Pilsbry, 1898 [1]

Sterkia is a genus of minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks which were formerly classified in the family Pupillidae [2] now in the family Vertiginidae instead. [3]

Species

Species within the genus Sterkia include:

Synonyms

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References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1898). Nautilus11: 119.
  2. 1 2 Sterkia clementina. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Mollusca" Archived 26 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  4. "Sterkia eyriesii". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. accessed 12 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898 ". ITIS. accessed 1 August 2010.
  6. Sterkia hemphilli. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.