| Spirorbula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Subfamily: | Geomitrinae |
| Genus: | Spirorbula Lowe, 18521 |
| Type species | |
| Helix latens C. T. Lowe, 1852 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Spirorbula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Geomitrinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.2
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Spirorbula includes the area from Madeira to Porto Santo in the country of Portugal.3
Species
Species within the genus Spirobula include:
- Spirorbula depauperata (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
- Spirorbula latens (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
- † Spirorbula latina (Paiva, 1866)
- Spirorbula obtecta (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - type species3
- Spirorbula squalida (R.T. Lowe, 1852)
References
References
- Lowe (1852). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)9: 114.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spirorbula R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996337 on 2022-07-22
- "Genus taxon summary for Spirorbula". AnimalBase, last modified 09 September 2008, accessed 13 January 2011.