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Genus of gastropods

Hochbergellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Subfamily: Triodopsinae
Tribe: Vespericolini
Genus: Hochbergellus
B.Roth & W.B.Miller, 1992
Species: H. hirsutus
Binomial name
Hochbergellus hirsutus
B.Roth & W.B.Miller, 1992

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

Hochbergellus is restricted to coastal Oregon, U.S.A.

Species

The sole species in this genus is:

  • Hochbergellus hirsutus Roth and Miller, 1992

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. Hochbergellus at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 1 Feb. 2008.
Taxon identifiers
Hochbergellus
Hochbergellus hirsutus


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