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Sphaerospira

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Sphaerospira
Shell of Sphaeospira blomfieldi (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: Hadrinae
Genus: Sphaerospira
Mörch, 1867
Type species
Helix fraseri
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
Synonyms[1]
  • Chloritis (Sphaerospira) Mörch, 1867
  • Varohadra Iredale, 1933 (name not available. published without description)

Sphaerospira is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Some authorities consider this to be merely a subgenus of the genus Thersites. [1]

Species

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Species within the genus Sphaerospira include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sphaerospira Mörch, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818564 on 9 February 2021
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