Orcula
Encyclopedia
Orcula is a genus
of very small air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae
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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 very small air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
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 Orculidae
Orculidae
Orculidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails; terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.- Taxonomy :...
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Species
Species within the genus Orcula include:- Orcula austriacaOrcula austriacaOrcula austriaca is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orculidae. This species is endemic to Austria.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Orcula doliumOrcula doliumOrcula dolium is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orculidae.-Distribution :This species occurs in the following countries:* Czech Republic - in Moravia, vulnerable...
- Orcula fuchsiOrcula fuchsiOrcula fuchsi is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orculidae. This species is endemic to Austria.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Orcula pseudodoliumOrcula pseudodoliumOrcula pseudodolium is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orculidae. This species is endemic to Austria.-References:...
Further reading
- Hausdorf B. 1987. Zum Vorkommen der Gattung Orcula HELD in Griechenland (Gastropoda: Orculidae). Arch. Molluskenk., 118 (1/3): 51-55.