Orcula

Orcula
Adult and juvenile shells of Orcula dolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra

Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Orculidae
Genus: Orcula
Held 1837

Orcula is a genus of land snails in the family Orculidae. It is the type genus of the family.[1]

These snails have ovate-cylindrical shells generally measuring about 5 to 10 millimeters.[1]

The center of diversity of the genus is in the Alps. Some species live in alpine climates. In general, the snails occur in wet forested habitat and boulder fields on limestone substrates.[1]

Species

There are 14 species in this genus, divided among 3 subgenera.[1]

Species include:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Páll-Gergely, B., et al. (2013). Subeneric division of the genus Orcula Held 1837 with remarks on Romanian orculid data (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orculidae). Zookeys 301 25-49.
  2. Harl, Jo.; Sattmann, H.; Schileyko, A. (2011). "Types of the extant taxa of the landsnail genus Orcula Held 1837 (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Orculidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 140 (2): 149–173.

Further reading

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