Orcula

Orcula is a genus of land snails in the family Orculidae. It is the type genus of the family.[1]

Orcula
Adult and juvenile shells of Orcula dolium
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Orcula

Held 1837
Synonyms
  • Orcula (Hausdorfia) Páll-Gergely & Irikov, 2013· accepted, alternate representation
  • Orcula (Illyriobanatica) Páll-Gergely & Deli, 2013· accepted, alternate representation
  • Orcula (Orcula) Held, 1838· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pupula Mörch, 1852

These snails have ovate-cylindrical shells generally measuring about 5 to 10 millimeters.[1]

The center of diversity of the genus is in the Alps. Some species live in alpine climates. In general, the snails occur in wet forested habitat and boulder fields on limestone substrates.[1]

Species

There are 14 species in this genus, divided among 3 subgenera.[1]

Species include:[2]

  • Orcula austriaca Zimmermann 1932
    • Orcula austriaca austriaca Zimmermann 1932
    • Orcula austriaca faueri Klemm 1967
    • Orcula austriaca goelleri Gittenberger 1978
    • Orcula austriaca pseudofuchsi Klemm 1967
  • Orcula conica (Rossmässler 1837)
  • Orcula dobrogica (Grossu 1986)
  • Orcula dolium (Draparnaud 1801)
    • Orcula dolium dolium (Draparnaud 1801)
    • Orcula dolium brancsiki Clessin 1887
    • Orcula dolium cebratica Westerlund 1887
    • Orcula dolium edita Ehrmann 1933
    • Orcula dolium globulosa Locard 1880
    • Orcula dolium gracilior Zimmermann 1932
    • Orcula dolium gracilis (Hazay 1885)
    • Orcula dolium implicata Clessin 1887
    • Orcula dolium infima Ehrmann 1933
    • Orcula dolium kimakowiczi (Brancsik 1887)
    • Orcula dolium major Westerlund 1887
    • Orcula dolium minima (Brancsik 1887)
    • Orcula dolium minor (Moquin-Tandon 1855)
    • Orcula dolium obesa (Westerlund 1887)
    • Orcula dolium par (Westerlund 1887)
    • Orcula dolium pfeifferi (Moquin-Tandon 1855)
    • Orcula dolium pseudogularis A. J. Wagner 1912
    • Orcula dolium quadriplicata (Locard 1880)
    • Orcula dolium raxae Gittenberger 1978
    • Orcula dolium tatrica A. J. Wagner 1922
    • Orcula dolium titan (Brancsik 1887)
    • Orcula dolium triplicata Clessin 1887
    • Orcula dolium tumida (Hazay 1885)
    • Orcula dolium uniplicata (Potiez & Michaud 1838)
  • Orcula fuchsi Zimmermann 1931
  • Orcula gularis (Rossmässler 1837)
    • Orcula gularis gularis (Rossmässler 1837)
    • Orcula gularis oreina Ehrmann 1933
  • Orcula jetschini (Kimakowicz 1883)
  • Orcula oviformis (Michaud, 1838)
  • Orcula pseudodolium A. J. Wagner 1912
  • Orcula restituta (Westerlund 1887)
  • Orcula schmidti (Küster 1843)
    • Orcula (Illyriobanatica) schmidtii schmidtii (Küster, 1843)
    • Orcula schmidti transversalis (Westerlund 1894)
  • Orcula spoliata (Rossmässler 1837)
  • Orcula pollonerae (Pini 1884)
  • Orcula tolminensis A. J. Wagner 1912
  • Orcula tomlini Connolly, 1931
  • Orcula wagneri Sturany 1914
    • Orcula wagneri wagneri Sturany 1914
    • Orcula wagneri ljubetenensis Sturany 1914
  • Orcula zilchi Urbański, 1960

References

  1. Páll-Gergely, B., et al. (2013). Subeneric division of the genus Orcula Held 1837 with remarks on Romanian orculid data (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orculidae). Zookeys 301 25-49.
  2. Harl, Jo.; Sattmann, H.; Schileyko, A. (2011). "Types of the extant taxa of the landsnail genus Orcula Held 1837 (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Orculidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 140 (2): 149–173.

Further reading

  • Hausdorf, B. (1987). Zum Vorkommen der Gattung Orcula HELD in Griechenland (Gastropoda: Orculidae). Arch. Molluskenk., 118 (1/3): 51-55.


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