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Pfeifferia (gastropod)

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Pfeifferia
Shell of Pfeifferia stevenliei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Pfeifferia
Gray, 1853
Type species
Helix micans L. Pfeiffer, 1845
Synonyms[1]
  • Chloraea (Chromatosphaera) Pilsbry, 1892(superseded generic combination)
  • Chloraea (Pfeifferia) Gray, 1853 (superseded combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Chromatosphaera) Pilsbry, 1892 (superseded generic combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Pfeifferia) Gray, 1853 (superseded combination)
  • Helicostyla (Chromatosphaera) Pilsbry, 1892 (superseded combination)
  • Helicostyla (Pfeifferia) Gray, 1853 (unaccepted rank)
  • Pfeifferia (Chromatosphaera) Pilsbry, 1892 · alternate representation

Pfeifferia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicostylinae of the family Camaenidae.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pfeifferia Gray, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882191 on 2022-04-22
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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