Pilorcula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. The species and subspecies in this genus inhabit the Caucasus and Turkey to Palestine.[2][3]
| Pilorcula | |
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| Pilorcula trifilaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Orculidae |
| Genus: | Pilorcula Germain, L., 1912[1] |
Species and subspecies
editSpecies and subspecies within the genus Pilorcula include:[3]
- Pilorcula aspinosa Hausdorf, 1996
- Pilorcula pusilla Hausdorf, 1996
- Pilorcula raymondi (Bourguignat, 1863) -type species
- Pilorcula trifilaris (Mousson, 1856)
- Pilorcula trifilaris anatolica Hausdorf, 1996
- Pilorcula trifilaris longior Hausdorf, 1996
- Pilorcula trifilaris quadrifilaris (Rosen, 1905)
- Pilorcula trifilaris trifilaris (Mousson, 1856)
References
edit- ^ Germain, L. (1912). "Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Asie Antérieure. 5e note. Catalogue des gastéropodes de la Syrie et de la Paléstine.". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 18(7): 440-452.
- ^ animalbase.org. "animalbase.org". Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ a b Hausdorf, B. (1996). "Die Orculidae Asiens (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)" (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)"]. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 125 (1/2): 1-86.