Spiripockia
| Spiripockia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Pomatiopsidae |
| Subfamily: | Pomatiopsinae |
| Genus: | Spiripockia Simone, 2012 |
| Species: | S. punctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Spiripockia punctata Simone, 2012 | |
Spipipockia is a monospecific genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial troglobiont gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae. Spiripockia punctata is the only species included in Spiripockia so far.[1]
Ecology
Snails in the genus Spiripockia are troglobiont, which means they are small cave-dwelling animals that are adapted to dark environments.[1]
References
- 1 2 Simone, L. R. L. (2012). "A new genus and species of cavernicolous Pomatiopsidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) in Bahia, Brazil" (PDF). Papéi Avulsos de Zoologia 52 (40): 515–524. doi:10.1590/s0031-10492012022000001.
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