Biology:Spiripockia

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Spiripockia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Cochliopidae
Simone, 2012
Type species
Spiripockia punctata
Simone, 2012

Spipipockia is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial troglobiont gastropod molluscs in the family Cochliopidae.[1]

Species

Spiripockia currently includes two species:[2]

Ecology

Snails in the genus Spiripockia are troglobiont, which means they are small cave-dwelling animals that are adapted to dark environments.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Simone, L. R. L. (2012). "A new genus and species of cavernicolous Pomatiopsidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) in Bahia, Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 52 (40): 515–524. doi:10.1590/s0031-10492012022000001. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/paz/v52n40/a01v52n40.pdf. 
  2. Simone, Luiz Ricardo L.; Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe (2021). "A new species of Spiripockia from eastern Brazil and reassignment to Cochliopidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea)". Journal of Natural History 54 (47-48): 3121–3130. doi:10.1080/00222933.2021.1890850. 

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