Priotrochatella

Priotrochatella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus:
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:

  • Priotrochatella constellata (Morelet, 1847)[3]
  • Priotrochatella stellata (Velazquez in Poey, 1852)[3]
  • Priotrochatella torrei Clapp, 1918[3]

References

  1. ^ Fischer (1893). J. Conchyliol. 41: 88.
  2. ^ "Home".
  3. ^ a b c "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.


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