Papillifera Explained

Papillifera is a genus of air-breathing land snails with a clausilium, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Alopiinae of the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.^[1]

Species

• Papillifera papillaris (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Papillifera solida (Draparnaud, 1805) – type species

Species brought into synonymy:

• Papillifera bidens (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Papillifera papillaris (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Papillifera deburghiae (Paulucci, 1878): synonym of Papillifera solida deburghiae (Paulucci, 1878)

References

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

External links

• Hartmann, J.D.W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten, i-xx, 1-36, pl. 1-2

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Papillifera W. Hartmann, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996060 on 2021-12-03