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Pyrenaearia

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Pyrenaearia
Pyrenaearia cantabrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Pyrenaearia
Hesse, 1921[1]
Synonyms
  • Cantabricana Fagot, 1891 · unaccepted
  • Carascalensiana Fagot, 1885

Pyrenaearia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Leptaxinae of the family Hygromiidae, the harry snails and their allies.[2]

These snails live in limestone areas in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern Europe.

Species

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Species in the genus Pyrenaearia:[3]

Synonyms
  • Pyrenaearia oberthueri (Ancey, 1884): synonym of Pyrenaearia cantabrica (Hidalgo, 1873)
  • Pyrenaearia poncebensis Ortiz de Zárate, 1956: synonym of Pyrenaearia cantabrica poncebensis Ortiz de Zárate López, 1956
  • Pyrenaearia schaufussii (Kobelt, 1876): synonym of Pyrenaearia cantabrica schaufussi (Kobelt, 1876) (not assessed)
  • Pyrenaearia velascoi (Hidalgo, 1867): synonym of Pyrenaearia carascalensis (Michaud, 1831)

References

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  1. ^ (in German) Hesse P. (1921) "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntnis der Subfamilie Fruticicolinae". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 53(1-2): 55-83.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyrenaearia P. Hesse, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996519 on 2022-03-17
  3. ^ Species in genus Pyrenaearia. AnimalBase, accessed 28 November 2009
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

Further reading

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  • Hesse, P. (1921). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntnis der Subfamilie Fruticicolinae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 53 (1/2): 55–83. Frankfurt am Main
  • Elejalde M. A., Madeira M. J., Prieto C. E., Backeljau T., Gómez-Moliner B. J. (July 2009) "Molecular Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Evolution of the Land Snail Genus Pyrenaearia (Gastropoda, Helicoidea)". American Malacological Bulletin 27(1-2): 69–81. doi:10.4003/006.027.0206