| Spirorbula | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Subfamily: | Geomitrinae |
| Genus: | Spirorbula Lowe, 1852[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix latens C. T. Lowe, 1852 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]
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:
- Spirorbula depauperata (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
- Spirorbula latens (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
- † Spirorbula latina (Paiva, 1866)
- Spirorbula obtecta (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - type species[3]
- Spirorbula squalida (R.T. Lowe, 1852)
References
- ↑ Lowe (1852). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)9: 114.
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 "Genus taxon summary for Spirorbula". AnimalBase, last modified 09 September 2008, accessed 13 January 2011.
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