Sterkia

Sterkia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Vertiginidae
Genus:	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:

• Sterkia antillensis Pilsbry, 1920 ^[3]
• Sterkia bakeri Pilsbry, 1921
• Sterkia eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) – Caribbean Birddrop ^[4]

Synonyms

• Sterkia calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) – Mexican birddrop: ^[5] synonym of Vertigo calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889)
• Sterkia clementina (Sterki, 1890) – insular birddrop: ^{[2] [5]} synonym of Vertigo clementina (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)
• Sterkia hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) – California Birddrop: ^{[5] [6]} synonym of Vertigo hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)

References

1. Pilsbry H. A. (1898). Nautilus11: 119.
2. Sterkia clementina. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
3. "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. "Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898 ". ITIS. accessed 1 August 2010.
6. Sterkia hemphilli. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.

• Nekola, J.C.; Chiba, S.; Coles, B.F.; Drost, C.A.; Proschwitz, T. von; Horsák, M. (2018). A phylogenetic overview of the genus Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae: Vertigininae). Malacologia. 62(1): 21–161.