Chrysallis (gastropod)

Chrysallis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Camaenidae
Subfamily:	Helicostylinae
Genus:	Chrysallis; Albers, 1850
Type species
	Bulinus chrysalidiformis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833;
Synonyms
	Bulimus (Chrysallis) Albers, 1850 (original rank); Chrysalis auct. (incorrect subsequent spelling); Cochlostyla (Chrysalis) Albers, 1850 (unjustified emendation of original subgenus name, Chrysallis Albers, 1850); Cochlostyla (Chrysallis) Albers, 1850; Helicostyla (Chrysallis) Albers, 1850 (unaccepted generic combination);

Chrysallis is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicostylinae of the family Camaenidae.^[1]

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