''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing

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mollusks in the family

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. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on the Iberian peninsula, in northern Italy and in the Balkans. The species are restricted to calcareous rocks, and occur only on vertical, exposed rock faces.

Species

There are more than 40Kokshoorn B., Schoor M. van, Erkelens I. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Waves of dispersal in island-hopping Chondrina species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Chondrinidae)". ''

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Chondrina aguilari ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' Altimira, 1967 * ''

Chondrina altimirai ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' Gittenberger, 1973"Species in genus ''Chondrina''
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Chondrina amphorula ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' Schileyko, 1984 * ''

Chondrina arcadica ''Chondrina arcadica'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Chondrinidae. This species is also known under the synonym ''Chondrina arcadica clienta'' (Westerlund 1883). ...

'' (Reinhardt, 1881) - per AnimalBase is its synonym ''

Chondrina clienta ''Chondrina arcadica'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Chondrinidae. This species is also known under the synonym ''Chondrina arcadica clienta'' (Westerlund 1883). ...

'' (Westerlund, 1883) but it is considered valid by other authors * ''

Chondrina arigonis ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' (Rossmässler, 1859) * ''

Chondrina arigonoides ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 * '' Chondrina ascendens'' (Westerlund, 1878) * ''

Chondrina avenacea ''Chondrina avenacea'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae. ;Subspecies: * ''Chondrina avenacea avenacea'' (Bruguière, 1792) * ''Chondrina ...

'' (Bruguière, 1792) - type species * '' Chondrina bergomensis'' (Küster, 1850) * '' Chondrina bigorriensis'' (Des Moulins, 1835) * '' Chondrina calpica'' (Westerlund, 1872) * '' Chondrina centralis'' (Fagot, 1891) * '' Chondrina cliendentata'' E. Gittenberger, 1973 * '' Chondrina dertosensis'' (Bofill, 1886) * '' Chondrina falkneri'' Gittenberger, 2002 * '' Chondrina farinesii'' (Des Moulins, 1835) * '' Chondrina feneriensis'' Bodon, Nardi, Cianfanelli & Kokshoorn, 2015 * '' Chondrina gasulli'' Gittenberger, 1973 * '' Chondrina gavirai'' Ahuir & Torres, 2017 * '' Chondrina generosensis'' Nordsieck, 1962 * '' Chondrina gerhardi'' Gittenberger, 2002 * '' Chondrina gomezi'' Ahuir & Torres, 2017 * '' Chondrina granatensis'' Alonso, 1974 * '' Chondrina guiraonis'' Pilsbry, 1918 * '' Chondrina ingae'' Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: new synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". '' Zootaxa'' 2539: 1-62. 22 plates
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* '' Chondrina jumillensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) * '' Chondrina keltiensis'' Ahuir & Torres, 2017 * '' Chondrina klemmi'' Gittenberger, 1973 * '' Chondrina kobelti'' (Westerlund, 1887) * ''

Chondrina kobeltoides ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on ...

'' Gittenberger, 1973 * '' Chondrina lusitanica'' (Pfeiffer, 1848) * '' Chondrina maginensis'' Arrébola & Gómez, 1998 * '' Chondrina marjae'' Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 * '' Chondrina marmouchana'' (Pallary, 1928) * '' Chondrina massotiana'' (Bourguignat, 1863) * '' Chondrina megacheilos'' (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) * '' Chondrina multidentata'' (Strobel, 1851) * '' Chondrina oligodonta'' (Del Prete, 1879) * '' Chondrina pseudavenacea'' Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 * '' Chondrina pseudoteresae'' Ahuir & Torres, 2017 * '' Chondrina ripkeni'' Gittenberger, 1973 * '' Chondrina soleri'' Altimira, 1960 * '' Chondrina spelta'' (Beck, 1837) * '' Chondrina tatrica'' Ložek, 1948 * ''

Chondrina tenuimarginata ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on ...

'' (Des Moulins, 1835)

References

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