Biology:Protorugosa

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Protorugosa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Rhytidoidea
Family: Rhytididae
Subfamily: Rhytidinae
Genus: Protorugosa
Shea & Griffiths, 2010
Type species
Protorugosa burraga Shea & O. L. Griffiths, 2010

Protorugosa is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropods in the family Rhytididae, first described by Michael Shea & Owen Griffiths in 2010.[1][2] This snail is endemic to New South Wales.[1]

Species

  • Protorugosa alpica (Iredale, 1943)
  • Protorugosa burraga Shea & O. L. Griffiths, 2010

References

  • Stanisic, J.; Shea, M.; Potter, D.; Griffiths, O. (2010). Australian land snails. Volume 1. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. 596 pp.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

Wikidata ☰ Q107309454 entry