Oligospira is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. These snails are endemic to Sri Lanka.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Informal group: | Sigmurethra |
| Family: | Acavidae |
| Genus: | Oligospira C.M.F. Ancey, 1887 |
Three species are recognized.[1] They have relatively round shells with flat tops.
Species
edit- Oligospira polei (Collet, 1899)
- Oligospira skinneri (Reeve, 1854)
- Oligospira waltoni (Reeve, 1842)
References
edit- ^ "Oligospira species". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
External links
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