Sterkia
| Sterkia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Pupillidae |
| Genus: | Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898[1] |
Sterkia is a genus of minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks which are classified in the family Pupillidae[2] or sometimes in the family Vertiginidae instead.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Sterkia include:
- Sterkia antillensis Pilsbry, 1920[3]
- Sterkia calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) - Mexican birddrop[4]
- Sterkia clementina (Sterki, 1890) - insular birddrop[2][4]
- Sterkia eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) - Caribbean Birddrop[5]
- Sterkia hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) - California Birddrop[4][6]
References
- ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1898). Nautilus 11: 119.
- 1 2 Sterkia clementina. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
- 1 2 "Mollusca". Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898 ". ITIS. accessed 1 August 2010.
- ↑ "Sterkia eyriesii". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. accessed 12 November 2015.
- ↑ Sterkia hemphilli. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
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