''Gyralina'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

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 The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the family

Pristilomatidae Pristilomatidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. According to the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi these snails belong to the "limacoid ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Gyralina'' include: * '' Gyralina candida'' (Wagner, 1909) * ''

Gyralina circumlineata ''Gyralina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pristilomatidae. Species Species within the genus ''Gyralina'' include: * '' Gyralina candida'' (Wagner, 1909) * '' Gyralina circumlin ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1846) * ''

Gyralina hausdorfi ''Gyralina hausdorfi'' is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae. ''Gyralina hausdorfi'' is considered to be extinct. Distribution This species was endemic to G ...

'' Riedel, 1990, extinct

References

AnimalBase page for the genus

List of species with some shell images
Pristilomatidae Gastropod genera {{Pristilomatidae-stub