Sterkia
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| Genus: | Sterkia |
Sterkia is a genus of minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks which were formerly classified in the family Pupillidae[2] now in the family Vertiginidae instead.[3]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Sterkia include:
- Sterkia antillensis Pilsbry, 1920[3]
- Sterkia bakeri Pilsbry, 1921
- Sterkia eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) - Caribbean Birddrop[4]
- Synonyms
- Sterkia calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) - Mexican birddrop:[5] synonym of Vertigo calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889)
- Sterkia clementina (Sterki, 1890) - insular birddrop:[2][5] synonym of Vertigo clementina (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)
- Sterkia hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) - California Birddrop:[5][6] synonym of Vertigo hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)
References[edit]
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1898). Nautilus 11: 119.
- ^ a b Sterkia clementina. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Mollusca" Archived 26 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
- ^ "Sterkia eyriesii". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. accessed 12 November 2015.
- ^ a b c "Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898 ". ITIS. accessed 1 August 2010.
- ^ Sterkia hemphilli. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
- Nekola, J.C.; Chiba, S.; Coles, B.F.; Drost, C.A.; Proschwitz, T. von; Horsák, M. (2018). A phylogenetic overview of the genus Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae: Vertigininae). Malacologia. 62(1): 21–161.
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