Spirorbula
| Spirorbula | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Spirorbula Lowe, 1852[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 6–7 species | |
Spirorbula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Spirorbula includes the area from Madeira to Porto Santo in the country of Portugal.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Spirobula include:
- Spirorbula latens
- Spirorbula obtecta (Lowe, 1831) - type species[2]
- Spirorbula squalida (Lowe, 1852)
References
- ↑ Lowe (1852). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)9: 114.
- 1 2 3 "Genus taxon summary for Spirorbula". AnimalBase, last modified 09 September 2008, accessed 13 January 2011.
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