Priotrochatella

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]

Priotrochatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Helicinoidea
Family:
Helicinidae
Genus:
Priotrochatella

Species

Species within the genus Priotrochatella include:

  • Priotrochatella constellata (Morelet, 1847)[3]
  • Priotrochatella stellata (Velazquez in Poey, 1852)[3]
  • Priotrochatella torrei Clapp, 1918[3]

References
  1. Fischer (1893). J. Conchyliol. 41: 88.
  2. http://www.ashbreure.nl/snailblog/files/tag-cuba.html
  3. "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.


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