Hochbergellus

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Hochbergellus
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Hochbergellus

Roth and Miller, 1992

Hochbergellus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, animal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.

This genus of snails has only one species, which is not distinguishable from species of the genus Vespericola on the basis of shell characters. The two genera are distinguished only by internal anatomical characters.

Distribution[]

Hochbergellus is restricted to coastal Oregon, U.S.A..

Species[]

The sole species in this genus is:[1][2]

  • Roth and Miller, 1992

References[]

  1. ^ [1] Hochbergellus at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 1 Feb. 2008.
  2. ^ Roth, B. and W. B. Miller. 1992. A New Genus and Species of Polygyrid Land Snail (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from Oregon. The Veliger 35(3): 222-225.


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