Petriola is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Petriolinae of the family Achatinidae.[1]
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| Shell of Petriola marmorea (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Genus: | Petriola Dall, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Achatina marmorea Reeve, 1850 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
edit- Petriola anjouanensis (Pilsbry, 1909)
- Petriola clavus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Petriola comorensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
- Petriola marmorea (Reeve, 1850)
- Petriola monacha (Morelet, 1886)
- Petriola monticola (Morelet, 1866)
- Petriola simpularia (Morelet, 1851)
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Petriola Dall, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995633 on 2022-01-02
External links
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Media related to Petriola at Wikimedia Commons
- Dall, W. H. (1905). Note on Trichodina Ancey. The Nautilus. 18(12): 143.
- Ancey, C. F. (1888). Catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles récoltés sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique par M. le Cap. Vignon d'après un manuscrit de ce dernier, avec des remarques sur ces espèces. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France. 5: 65-76
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