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Genus of gastropods

Hystricella
Four different shells of Hystricella aucta, each photographed from four different angles, disposed in a four by four grid. The shells are white and form an ascending spiral.
Shells of Hystricella aucta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Geometrinae
Genus: Hystricella
R.T. Lowe, 1855
Synonyms

Helix (Hystricella) R. T. Lowe, 1855 · unaccepted (original rank)

Hystricella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Geomitrinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Hystricella include:

Synonyms
  • Hystricella leacockiana (Wollaston, 1878): synonym of Wollastonaria leacockiana (Wollaston, 1878) (superseded generic combination)
  • Hystricella oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831): synonym of Wollastonaria oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831) (superseded generic combination)
  • Hystricella turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831): synonym of Wollastonaria turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831) (superseded generic combination)

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Hystricella R. T. Lowe, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998825 on 2022-07-21
  2. Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Wollastonaria oxytropis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T6728A12801442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6728A12801442.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

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Hystricella


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