Poiretia (gastropod) explained

Poiretia is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Poiretia is an area from Algeria and Italy to the Caucasus.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Poiretia include:

• Poiretia algira (Bruguière, 1792) – type species^[2]
• Poiretia compressa (Mousson, 1859)^[2]
• Poiretia cornea (Brumati, 1838)^[2]
• Poiretia delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852)^[2]
• Poiretia dilatata (Philippi, 1836)^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=673 "Genus summary for Poiretia"
2. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=2608 "Species in genus Poiretia"