Sterkia

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]

Sterkia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Pupillidae
Genus:
Sterkia

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
  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1898). Nautilus 11: 119.
  2. Sterkia clementina. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
  3. "Mollusca" Archived 26 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  4. "Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898 ". ITIS. accessed 1 August 2010.
  5. "Sterkia eyriesii". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. accessed 12 November 2015.
  6. Sterkia hemphilli. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.


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