Halongella
Genus of gastropods
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Halongella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Plectopylidae.
| Halongella | |
|---|---|
| |
| A live Halongella schlumbergeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Plectopylidae |
| Subfamily: | Sinicolinae |
| Genus: | Halongella Páll-Gergely, 2015[1] |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 2 species | |
The generic name is derived from the Halong Bay, where these snails occur.[1]
Species
Species in the genus Plectopylis include:
- Halongella fruhstorferi (Möllendorff, 1901)[1]
- Halongella schlumbergeri (Morlet, 1886) - type species of the genus Halongella[1]
