Priotrochatella

Priotrochatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Priotrochatella
Fischer, 1893[1]

Priotrochatella is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae. Priotroachatella occur on calcareous rocks and in caves in the same rocks on Cuban islands - they are critically endangered because of the exploitation of the marble quarries that form their habitat. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Priotrochatella include:

References

  1. Fischer (1893). J. Conchyliol. 41: 88.
  2. http://www.ashbreure.nl/snailblog/files/tag-cuba.html
  3. 1 2 3 "Mollusca". Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
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