Pseudosubulina Explained

Pseudosubulina is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.[1] [2]

The genus name refers to the fact that the shell of these snails loosely resemble that of the genus Subulina.

Notes and References

  1. Thompson . F. G. . Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae) . . 58 . 1 . 195–202 . 2010 . 20411717 . 10.15517/rbt.v58i1.5204. free ., PDF .
  2. Web site: Figure 1. IS607-family transposons. . 10.7554/elife.39611.002 . free .