Backeljaia is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae,[1] the hairy snails and their allies.
| Backeljaia | |
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| Shell of Backeljaia gigaxii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Backeljaia Chueca, Gómez-Moliner, Madeira & Pfenninger, 2018 |
| Type species | |
| Helix caperata var. gigaxii L. Pfeiffer, 1847 | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Backeljaia include:
- Backeljaia camporroblensis (Fez, 1944)
- Backeljaia corbellai (Martínez-Ortí, 2011)
- Backeljaia gigaxii (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
- Backeljaia najerensis (Ortiz de Zárate y López, 1950)
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Backeljaia Chueca, Gómez-Moliner, Madeira & Pfenninger, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308878 on 2019-10-27
External links
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