Virpazaria

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Virpazaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Spelaeodiscidae
Genus: Virpazaria
Gittenberger, 1969

Virpazaria is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Spelaeodiscidae. It is found in Western Balkans. [1]

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Distribution

The species of this genus are mostly found in Montenegro, but also present in Albania and Croatia. [1] [2]

Species

Genus Virpazaria currently consists of 10 species: [1] [2]

Virpazaria adrianae Gittenberger, 1969 (Montenegro)
Virpazaria aspectulabeatidis Reischütz et al., 2009 (Montenegro)
Virpazaria backhuysi Gittenberger, 1969 (Montenegro)
Virpazaria deelemanorum Gittenberger, 1969 (Albania and Montenegro)
Virpazaria gittenbergeri Fehér & Erőss, 2019 (Albania and Montenegro)
Virpazaria nicoleae Reischütz, 2012 (Montenegro)
Virpazaria pageti Gittenberger, 1969 (Croatia and Montenegro)
Virpazaria pesici Fehér & Deli, 2019 (Montenegro)
Virpazaria ripkeni Gittenberger, 1969 (Albania and Montenegro)
Virpazaria stojaspali Reischütz et al., 2009 (Montenegro, but most likely also present in Albania)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Virpazaria E.Gittenberger, 1969". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Fehér, Zoltán; Deli, Tamás; Erőss, Zoltán Péter; Lika, Romilda (September 2019). "Taxonomic revision of the subterranean genus Virpazaria Gittenberger, 1969 (Gastropoda, Spelaeodiscidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 558. doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.558.
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