Hyala

Hyala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Iravadiidae
Genus: Hyala
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852
Type species
Turbo vitreus Montagu, 1803

Hyala is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Iravadiidae.[1] They are subsurface deposit feeders.

Species

Species within the genus Hyala include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Hyala H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138083 on 2012-08-14