Pilorcula Explained

Pilorcula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. The species and subspecies in this genus inhabit the Caucasus and Turkey to Palestine.^[1]

Species and subspecies

Species and subspecies within the genus Pilorcula include:^[2]

• Pilorcula aspinosa Hausdorf, 1996
• Pilorcula pusilla Hausdorf, 1996
• Pilorcula raymondi (Bourguignat, 1863) -type species
• Pilorcula trifilaris (Mousson, 1856)
• Pilorcula trifilaris anatolica Hausdorf, 1996
• Pilorcula trifilaris longior Hausdorf, 1996
• Pilorcula trifilaris quadrifilaris (Rosen, 1905)
• Pilorcula trifilaris trifilaris (Mousson, 1856)

Notes and References

1. Web site: animalbase.org. animalbase.org. 23 March 2012.
2. Hausdorf, B. (1996). "Die Orculidae Asiens (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)" (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)"