Priotrochatella
| Priotrochatella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Priotrochatella Fischer, 1893[1] |
Priotrochatella is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae. Priotroachatella occur on calcareous rocks and in caves in the same rocks on Cuban islands - they are critically endangered because of the exploitation of the marble quarries that form their habitat.[2]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Priotrochatella include:
- Priotrochatella constellata (Morelet, 1847)[3]
- Priotrochatella stellata (Velazquez in Poey, 1852)[3]
- Priotrochatella torrei Clapp, 1918[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Fischer (1893). J. Conchyliol. 41: 88.
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- ^ a b c "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
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