Praticolella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.
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| Three views of a shell of Praticolella berlandieriana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Polygyridae |
| Subfamily: | Polygyrinae |
| Genus: | Praticolella von Martens, 1892 |
This genus comprises about 15[citation needed] species of small snails with semi-globose shells.
Shell description
editThe shells of these snails often have contrasting color bands, and are usually without apertural teeth, although a tooth may sometimes occur on the parietal wall of the aperture.
Snails in this genus are distinguished from other polygyrid snails on the basis of their internal anatomy.
Distribution
editSpecies of Praticolella may be found from Nicaragua and eastern Mexico, into the southeastern United States, from Texas to North Carolina.[1]
Species
editThis genus includes the following species and subspecies:[1][2][3][4][5]
- Praticolella ampla (Pfeiffer, 1866)
- Praticolella bakeri Vanatta, 1915
- Praticolella berlandieriana (Moricand, 1833)
- Praticolella campi Clapp & Ferriss, 1919
- Praticolella candida Hubricht, 1983
- Praticolella griseola (Pfeiffer, 1841)
- Praticolella jejuna (Say, 1821)
- Praticolella lawae (Lewis, 1874)
- Praticolella martensiana (Pilsbry, 1907)
- Praticolella mobiliana (Lea, 1841)
- Praticolella pachyloma (Menke, 1847)
- Praticolella strebeliana Pilsbry, 1899
- Praticolella taeniata Pilsbry, 1940
- Praticolella trimatris Hubricht, 1983
References
edit- ^ a b Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 688-702.
- ^ [1] Praticolella at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 19 Jan. 2008.
- ^ [2] Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online); accessed 19 Jan. 2008.
- ^ [3] Praticolella at Discover Life; accessed 19 Jan. 2008.
- ^ Sandoval, A. C. and R. R. Castro. 2002. Gastrópodos Terrestres del Sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (new series) 86: 225-238.