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 ![]() | |
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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