Sterkia
Genus of gastropods
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Sterkia is a genus of minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks which were formerly classified in the family Pupillidae[2] now in the family Vertiginidae instead.[3]
| Sterkia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Genus: | Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898[1] |
Species
Species within the genus Sterkia include:
- Sterkia antillensis Pilsbry, 1920[3]
- Sterkia bakeri Pilsbry, 1921
- Sterkia eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) – Caribbean Birddrop[4]
- Synonyms
- Sterkia calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) – Mexican birddrop:[5] synonym of Vertigo calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889)
- Sterkia clementina (Sterki, 1890) – insular birddrop:[2][5] synonym of Vertigo clementina (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)
- Sterkia hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) – California Birddrop:[5][6] synonym of Vertigo hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)
