Biology:Abida (gastropod)
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
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| Eight shells of Abida secale scale bar in mm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Chondrinidae |
| Genus: | Abida Turton, 1831[1] |
Abida is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.
Distribution
This is a European genus. It consists of about 10 species, most of which are restricted to the Pyrenees and Cantabrian mountains in France and Spain . Only Abida secale and Abida polyodon occur outside this area.
Species
The species in this genus include:[2][3][4]
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Habitat
The species in this genus all are restricted to areas with calcareous rocks, i.e. limestone areas.
References
- ↑ Turton W. (1831). A manual of the land and freshwater shells of the British Islands arranged according to the more modern systems of classification; and described from perfect specimens in the author's cabinet: with coloured plates of every species. pp. i-viii [= 1-8], 1-152, Pl. [1-10]. London. page 101.
- ↑ "Abida Turton 1831". Fauna Europaea. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=421994.
- ↑ "Species in genus Abida". AnimalBase. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=1978.
- ↑ Kokshoorn, B. and Gittenberger, E. 2010. Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: New synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zootaxa 2539: 1-62.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4667589 entry
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