Biology:Bertia (gastropod)

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Short description: Genus of snails

Bertia
Bertia (10.3897-zookeys.885.38980) Figure 3.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Trochomorphoidea
Family: Dyakiidae
Genus: Bertia
Ancey, 1887

Bertia[1] is a genus of air-breathing Asian land snails: they are pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Dyakiidae.

Distribution and conservation status

Bertia sp. in Mulu National Park, Sarawak

Bertia spp. have been recorded from the tropical forests of Borneo and Indo-China: all with very local distributions. The species listed below also all appear to be endangered, primarily due to habitat loss but exacerbated by over-collecting.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists:

Note: Bertia brookei (Adams & Reeve, 1848) is a synonym of Exrhysota brookei (Adams & Reeve, 1848)[3] (Chronidae).

References

  1. Ancey C. M. F. (1887). Conch. Exchange 1: 53.
  2. Nguyen, CaoThai: “Bertia Setzeri, a New Species of Land Snail from Vietnam (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Dyakiidae.” Academia.edu, 2010.
  3. GBIF: Bertia brookei (A.Adams & Reeve, 1850); retrieved 2 January 2022

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q19766046 entry