''Backeljaia'' is a
genus
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of small to medium-sized, air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Geomitridae
Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). M ...
,
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Backeljaia Chueca, Gómez-Moliner, Madeira & Pfenninger, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308878 on 2019-10-27] the hairy snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Backeljaia'' include:
* ''
Backeljaia camporroblensis''
(Fez, 1944)
* ''
Backeljaia corbellai''
(Martínez-Ortí, 2011)
* ''
Backeljaia gigaxii
''Backeljaia gigaxii'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Backeljaia gigaxii (L. Pfeiffer, 1847). Accessed through: World Register ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
* ''
Backeljaia najerensis''
(Ortiz de Zárate y López, 1950)
References
External links
Chueca, L. J., Gómez-Moliner, B. J., Madeira, M. J. & Pfenninger, M. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357-368
Gastropod genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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