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Pilorcula

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Pilorcula
Pilorcula trifilaris specimen with upsidedown vouchers
Pilorcula trifilaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Orculidae
Genus: Pilorcula
Germain, L., 1912[1]

Pilorcula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. The species and subspecies in this genus inhabit the Caucasus and Turkey to Palestine.[2][3]

Species and subspecies

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Species and subspecies within the genus Pilorcula include:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Germain, L. (1912). "Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Asie Antérieure. 5e note. Catalogue des gastéropodes de la Syrie et de la Paléstine.". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 18(7): 440-452.
  2. ^ animalbase.org. "animalbase.org". Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b Hausdorf, B. (1996). "Die Orculidae Asiens (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)" (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)"]. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 125 (1/2): 1-86.