Sultana (gastropod)
For other uses, see Sultana.
| Sultana | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A large orthalicid from eastern Peru (probably of the genus Sultana), recovering from substantial shell damage | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Orthalicidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthalicinae[1] |
| Genus: | Sultana Shuttleworth, 1856[2] |
| Species | |
|
| |
Sultana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae.
Species
Species in the genus Sultana include:[3]
- Sultana meobambensis (Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Sultana sultana (Dillwyn, 1817)
References
- ↑ Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana 9 (1): 39–62.
- ↑ Shuttleworth R. J. (1856). Not. malac. 1: 58.
- ↑ http://www.biologia.ucr.ac.cr/rbt/attachments/suppls/sup51-3%20malacol/10-CAMPOS_42.pdf
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 07, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.