Hystricella

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Superfamily:Geometroidea
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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)

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Species

Species within the genus Hystricella include:

  • Hystricella aucta (Wollaston, 1878)
  • Hystricella bicarinata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
  • Hystricella echinoderma (Wollaston, 1878)
  • Hystricella echinulata (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
  • Hystricella microcarinata De Mattia & Groh, 2018
Synonyms
  • Hystricella leacockiana (Wollaston, 1878): synonym of Wollastonaria leacockiana (Wollaston, 1878) (superseded generic combination)
  • Hystricella oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831):[2] synonym of Wollastonaria oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831) (superseded generic combination)
  • Hystricella turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831): synonym of Wollastonaria turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831) (superseded generic combination)

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