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Chloraea (gastropod)

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Genus of gastropods

Chloraea
Shell of Chloraea sirena (Pfeiffer, 1842)(specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Helicostylinae
Genus: Chloraea
Albers, 1850
Type species
Helix sirena
L. Pfeiffer, 1842
Synonyms
  • Chloraea (Corasia) Albers, 1850 (invalid: junior homonym of Corasia Huebner, 1826 )
  • Cochlostyla (Chloraea) Albers, 1850 (unaccepted generic combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Corasia) Albers, 1850 (invalid: junior homonym of Corasia Huebner, 1826 )
  • Corasia Albers, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Corasia Huebner, 1826 )
  • Helicostyla (Coracia) Mörch, 1865 (misspelling of original name, Corasia, Albers, 1850)
  • Helicostyla (Corasia) Albers, 1850
  • Helix (Chloraea) Albers, 1850 (original rank)
  • Helix (Corasia) Albers, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Corasia Huebner, 1826 )

Chloraea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicostylinae of the family Camaenidae.

Species

Species in the genus Chloraea include:

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chloraea Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995832 on 2021-02-10
  • Crosse, H., 1869. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 183-188
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

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Taxon identifiers
Chloraea


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