Biology:Portugala

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Short description: Genus of land snails

Portugala
Portugala inchoata (MNHN-IM-2000-33306) 001.jpeg
Shell of Portugala inchoata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Subfamily: Leptaxinae
Genus: Portugala
E. Gittenberger, 1980
Species:
P. inchoata
Binomial name
Portugala inchoata
(Morelet, 1845)
Portugala-inchoata-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Synonyms[2]
  • Helix inchoata Morelet, 1845

Portugala is a monotypic genus of land snails native to the western Iberian Peninsula in Portugal and Galicia (Spain).[2]

It has a single species, Portugala inchoata, which can grow to 15 mm.[3][4]

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References

  • Gittenberger, E. (1980). Three notes on Iberian terrestrial gastropods. Zoologische Mededelingen, 55 (17): 201–213. Leiden.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

External links

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