Hystricella

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Superfamily:Geometroidea
Hystricella
Four different shells of Hystricella aucta, each photographed from four different angles, disposed in a four by four grid. The shells are white and form an ascending spiral.
Shells of Hystricella aucta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Geometrinae
Genus: Hystricella
R.T. Lowe, 1855
Synonyms

Helix (Hystricella) R. T. Lowe, 1855 · unaccepted (original rank)

Hystricella 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.[1]

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