Hygromia Explained

Hygromia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Hygromia include:

• † Hygromia carinatissima (Sacco, 1886)
• Hygromia cinctella Draparnaud, 1801
• Hygromia golasi Prieto & Puente, 1992
• Hygromia limbata (Draparnaud, 1805)
• Hygromia montana
• Hygromia odeca (Bourguignat, 1882)
• Hygromia riopida
• Hygromia striolata
• Hygromia tassyi (Bourguignat, 1884)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Hygromia folliculata Risso, 1826: synonym of Ciliella ciliata (W. Hartmann, 1821) (junior synonym)
• Hygromia kovacsi Varga & Pintér, 1972: synonym of Kovacsia kovacsi (Varga & L. Pintér, 1972) (original combination)
• Hygromia notophila Cockerell, 1924: synonym of Lindholmomneme notophila (Cockerell, 1924) (original combination)
• Hygromia radleyi Jousseaume, 1894: synonym of Landouria radleyi (Jousseaume, 1894) (original combination)
• Hygromia transsylvanica (Westerlund, 1876): synonym of Lozekia transsylvanica (Westerlund, 1876)

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

• • Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, vol. 4. Paris: Levrault. vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hygromia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882571 on 2021-03-13