''Microstele'' 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 minute 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 or
micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...
s in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family
Pupillidae.
Species
* ''
Microstele alamellata
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
Steklov, 1966
* † ''
Microstele buryaki
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* ''Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microste ...
''
Steklov, 1966
* † ''
Microstele caucasica
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not e ...
''
Steklov, 1966
* † ''
Microstele gerardae
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
Karnekamp, 1990
* † ''
Microstele ikvae''
Prisyazhnyuk, 1971 [Prisyazhnyuk, V.A. Molluski rodu Microstele O. Boettger (Pulmonata). Dopovidi Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoi RSR, Seriya B. 7: 599-601 (1971).]
* ''
Microstele iredalei
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
(Preston, 1912)
* ''
Microstele mariae
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
(de Morgan, 1920)
* ''
Microstele muscerda
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
(W.H. Benson, 1853)
* ''
Microstele noltei
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
(O. Böttger, 1886)
* † ''
Microstele pingi
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
Pilsbry, 1934 (taxon inquirendum)
* ''
Microstele wenzi
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
(K.Fischer, 1920)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Microstele huberi''
Thach, 2018: synonym of ''
Apoecus huberi''
(Thach, 2018) (original combination)
References
* Boettger, 1886: Ber. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges., 1886
* Marquet, R., Laenaerts, J., Karnekamp, C. & Smith, R. (2008) The molluscan fauna of the Borgloon Formation in Belgium (Early Rupelian, Oligocene). Palaeontons, Palaeo Publishing and Library, 12 : 100 p.
* Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
* Thach N.N. , 2018 New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies, p. 173 pp
External links
GBIF: Microstele
Pupillidae
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