Sturanyella
Genus of gastropods
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sturanyella is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae, the helicinids.
| Sturanyella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Sturanyella Pilsbry & Cooke, 1934[1] |
The specific name Sturanyella is apparently in honor of Rudolf Sturany (1867-1935), a malacologist from Austria.
Species
Species within the genus Sturanyella include:
- Sturanyella carolinarum
- Sturanyella epicharis
- Sturanyella plicatilis Mouss. - the type species[1]
