Spirorbula
| Spirorbula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Family: | |
| Genus: | Spirorbula |
| 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.
- ^ a b c "Genus taxon summary for Spirorbula". AnimalBase, last modified 09 September 2008, accessed 13 January 2011.
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