Hochbergellus
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| Hochbergellus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Polygyridae |
| Subfamily: | Triodopsinae |
| Tribe: | Vespericolini |
| Genus: | Hochbergellus B.Roth & W.B.Miller, 1992[1] |
| Species: | H. hirsutus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hochbergellus hirsutus B.Roth & W.B.Miller, 1992
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Hochbergellus is a monotypic genus of air-breathing land snails, animal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.
This genus of snails has only one species, which is not distinguishable from species of the genus Vespericola on the basis of shell characters. The two genera are distinguished only by internal anatomical characters.
Distribution
[edit]Hochbergellus is restricted to coastal Oregon, U.S.A.
Species
[edit]The sole species in this genus is:[2][1]
- Hochbergellus hirsutus Roth and Miller, 1992
References
[edit]- ^ a b Roth, B. and W. B. Miller. 1992. A New Genus and Species of Polygyrid Land Snail (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from Oregon. The Veliger 35(3): 222-225. available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42467292
- ^ [1] Hochbergellus at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 1 Feb. 2008.