Sturanyella
| Sturanyella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Helicinoidea |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Sturanyella Pilsbry & Cooke, 1934[1] |
Sturanyella is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae, the helicinids.
The specific name Sturanyella is apparently in honor of Rudolf Sturany (1867-1935), a malacologist from Austria.
Species
Species within the genus Sturanyella include:
- Sturanyella carolinarum
- Sturanyella epicharis
- Sturanyella plicatilis Mouss. - the type species[1]
References
- 1 2 Pilsbry H. A. & Cooke C. M. (1934). "Notes on the nomenclature of Hawaiian Helicinidae". The Nautilus 48(2): 53-54.
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