Tortulosa

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Caenogastropoda

Order:Architaenioglossa

Tortulosa
Shell of Tortulosa tortuosa (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Pupinidae
Genus:	Tortulosa Gray, 1847
Type species
Pupa tortuosa Gray, 1825
Synonyms[1]
Cataulus L. Pfeiffer, 1851 Perlisia Tomlin, 1948 Tortulosa (Eucataulus) Kobelt, 1902 Tortulosa (Tortulosa) Gray, 1847

Tortulosa is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pupinidae.^[2][1]

These snails are restricted to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.^[3]

34 species are recognized.^[4][5][6]