Praticolella

Praticolella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.

Praticolella
Three views of a shell of Praticolella berlandieriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Polygyridae
Genus:
Praticolella

This genus comprises about 15 species of small snails with semi-globose shells.

Shell description

The 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

Species of Praticolella may be found from Nicaragua and eastern Mexico, into the southeastern United States, from Texas to North Carolina.[1]

Species

This 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
  1. Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 688-702.
  2. Praticolella at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 19 Jan. 2008.
  3. 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.
  4. Praticolella at Discover Life; accessed 19 Jan. 2008.
  5. Sandoval, A. C. and R. R. Castro. 2002. Gastrópodos Terrestres del Sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (new series) 86: 225-238.
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