Biology:Nesovitrea

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Nesovitrea binneyana
Apertural view of a shell of Nesovitrea binneyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:	Gastrodontoidea
Family:	Oxychilidae
Subfamily:	Godwiniinae
Genus:	Nesovitrea Cooke, 1921 [1]

Nesovitrea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.

Species

Species within the genus Nesovitrea include:

• Nesovitrea binneyana
• Nesovitrea dalliana
• Nesovitrea hammonis

Synonyms:

• Nesovitrea electrina (Gould, 1841), accepted as Perpolita electrina (Gould, 1841)

Distribution

This genus occurs in North America.

References

• Nomenclator Zoologicus info

Wikidata ☰ Q3142441 entry