Biology:Priotrochatella

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Short description: Genus of gastropods


Priotrochatella
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Priotrochatella

Fischer, 1893[1]

Priotrochatella is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae. Priotroachatella occur on calcareous rocks and in caves in the same rocks on Cuban islands - they are critically endangered because of the exploitation of the marble quarries that form their habitat.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Priotrochatella include:

  • Priotrochatella constellata (Morelet, 1847)[3]
  • Priotrochatella stellata (Velazquez in Poey, 1852)[3]
  • Priotrochatella torrei Clapp, 1918[3]

References

  1. Fischer (1893). J. Conchyliol. 41: 88.
  2. "Home". http://www.ashbreure.nl/snailblog/files/tag-cuba.html. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Mollusca" . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.

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