''Pittieria'' 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 ...

predatory Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...

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

Spiraxidae Spiraxidae is a family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the superfamily Testacelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Distribution The distribution of th ...

Distribution

The distribution of the genus ''Pittieria'' extends from Central Mexico to northern Panama.

Species

Species in the genus ''Pittieria'' include: Subgenus ''Pittieria'' Von Martens, 1901 include two species: * ''

Pittieria bicolor ''Pittieria'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae Spiraxidae is a family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the super ...

'' Von Martens, 1901 - type speciesThompson F. G. (16 June 2008)
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. accessed 14 January 2011. * '' Pittieria pittieri'' (Von Martens, 1901) Subgenus '' Laeviglandina'' Pilsbry, 1908 include nine species: * '' Pittieria aurantiaca'' (Angas, 1879) * ''

Pittieria broctontomlini ''Pittieria'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Pittieria'' extends from Central Mexico to northern Panama. Spe ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1926) * ''

Pittieria chiriquiensis ''Pittieria'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Pittieria'' extends from Central Mexico to northern Panama. Spe ...

'' (Da Costa, 1900) * ''

Pittieria decidua ''Pittieria'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Pittieria'' extends from Central Mexico to northern Panama. Spe ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1861) * ''

Pittieria izabellina ''Pittieria'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Pittieria'' extends from Central Mexico to northern Panama. Spe ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1846) * ''

Pittieria lanceolata ''Pittieria'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Pittieria'' extends from Central Mexico to northern Panama. Spe ...

'' (Von Martens, 1891) * ''

Pittieria obtusa ''Pittieria'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Pittieria'' extends from Central Mexico to northern Panama. Spe ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1844) * '' Pittieria tryoniana'' Pilsbry, 1908 * '' Pittieria underwoodi'' (Fulton, 1897) Subgenus '' Shuttleworthia'' H. B. Baker, 1941 include three species: * '' Pittieria ambigua'' (Pfeiffer, 1856) * '' Pittieria arborea'' H. B. Baker, 1941 * '' Pittieria difficilis'' (Crosse and Fischer, 1869)

References

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