Sultana (gastropod)

Sultana
A large orthalicid from eastern Peru (probably of the genus Sultana), recovering from substantial shell damage
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Orthalicidae
Subfamily: Orthalicinae[1]
Genus: Sultana
Species
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Sultana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae.

Species

Species in the genus Sultana include:[3]

  • Sultana meobambensis (Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Sultana sultana (Dillwyn, 1817)

References

  1. ↑ Mónica Lucía Vera Ardila (2008). "Lista de los géneros de moluscos terrestres de Colombia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda y Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 9 (1): 39–62.
  2. ↑ Shuttleworth R. J. (1856). Not. malac. 1: 58.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-10-04.


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