Acanthinula

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Phylum:Mollusca
Superfamily:Pupilloidea
Acanthinula
Four shells of Acanthinula aculeata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Valloniidae
Subfamily: Acanthinulinae
Genus: Acanthinula
Beck, 1847[1]
Synonyms
  • Aulaca Westerlund, 1903 junior objective synonym
  • Helix (Acanthinula) H. Beck, 1847 (original rank)
  • Helix (Aculeatiana) Caziot, 1910 junior objective synonym
  • Helix (Euacanthinula) Westerlund, 1889 junior objective synonym

Acanthinula is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Valloniidae.[2]

The genus Acanthinula contains the following species:

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