Chondrina is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of small air-breathing land snail

Land snail

A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

s, terrestrial

Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Chondrinidae

Chondrinidae

Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.-Anatomy:In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 ....

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All species of Chondrina are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on the Iberian peninsula

Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...

, in northern Italy and in the Balkans. The species are restricted to calcareous rocks, and occur only on vertical, exposed rock faces.

Species

There are about 37 extant species in the genus Chondrina, with four new species described in 2010.

• Chondrina altimirai Gittenberger, 1973
• Chondrina arcadica (Reinhardt, 1881) - per AnimalBase is its synonym Chondrina clienta
  Chondrina clienta
  Chondrina clienta is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae.This species is also known under the synonyms Chondrina arcadica and Chondrina arcadica clienta .- Shell description :The shell of this species is slender,...
  
  (Westerlund, 1883) but it is considered valid by other authors
• Chondrina arigonis (Rossmässler, 1859)
• Chondrina arigonoides Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010
• Chondrina ascendens (Westerlund, 1878)
• Chondrina avenacea
  Chondrina avenacea
  Chondrina avenacea is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in:* Western Europe* Bulgaria...
  
  (Bruguière, 1792) - type species
• Chondrina bergomensis (Küster, 1850)
• Chondrina bigorriensis (Des Moulins, 1835)
• Chondrina calpica (Westerlund, 1872)
• Chondrina centralis (Fagot, 1891)
• Chondrina falkneri Gittenberger, 2002
• Chondrina farinesii (Des Moulins, 1835)
• Chondrina gasulli Gittenberger, 1973
• Chondrina generosensis Nordsieck, 1962
• Chondrina gerhardi Gittenberger, 2002
• Chondrina granatensis Alonso, 1974
• Chondrina ingae Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010
• Chondrina klemmi Gittenberger, 1973
• Chondrina kobelti (Westerlund, 1887)
• Chondrina kobeltoides Gittenberger, 1973
• Chondrina lusitanica (Pfeiffer, 1848)
• Chondrina marjae Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010
• Chondrina marmouchana (Pallary, 1928)
• Chondrina megacheilos (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
• Chondrina multidentata (Strobel, 1851)
• Chondrina oligodonta
  Chondrina oligodonta
  Chondrina oligodonta is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae.This species is endemic to Italy. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
  (Del Prete, 1879)
• Chondrina pseudavenacea Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010
• Chondrina ripkeni Gittenberger, 1973
• Chondrina spelta (Beck, 1837)
• Chondrina tatrica
  Chondrina tatrica
  Chondrina tatrica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae.-Distribution and conservation status:This species is not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated...
  
  Ložek, 1948
• Chondrina tenuimarginata (Des Moulins, 1835)