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]

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