Orculella critica

Orculella critica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Orculidae
Subfamily: Orculinae
Genus: Orculella
Species: O. critica
Binomial name
Orculella critica
(Pfeiffer, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Pupa critica Pfeiffer, 1856
  • Orcula graecus Pilsbry, 1922
  • Pupa turcica Letourneux, 1884

Orculella critica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Orculidae.[1][2][3]

Geographic distribution

O. critica is native to Greece, where it is found in various areas of the mainland and several islands in the Aegean Sea, and Turkey, where it occurs in the country's western coast.[1][2][3]

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