''Vallonia'' is a

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of small air-breathing

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s in the family

Valloniidae Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Valloniidae Morse, 1864. Accessed through: World R ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593140 on 2023-01-21 ''Vallonia'' is the type genus of the family Valloniidae.

Species

Species in the genus ''Vallonia'' include:Coppolino M. L. (2009)
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Vallonia asiatica ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (G. Nevill, 1878) * † '' Vallonia berryi'' Pierce, 1992 * † ''

Vallonia brochoni ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Degrange-Touzin, 1892) * † ''

Vallonia chimaira ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Gerber, 1996 * ''

Vallonia chinensis ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' K. Suzuki, 1944 * ''

Vallonia costata ''Vallonia costata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''

Vallonia costohimala ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' Gerber & Bössneck, 2009 * '' Vallonia cyclophorella'' Sterki, 1892 - silky vallonia * '' Vallonia declivis'' Sterki, 1893 Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. nnotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics. ''

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Vallonia eiapopeia ''Vallonia eiapopeia'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial p ...

'' Gerber, 1996 * ''

Vallonia enniensis ''Vallonia enniensis'' is a species of minute land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Valloniidae.Helix pulchella var. enniensis Gredler, 1856 · unaccepted (original combination and rank) Distri ...

'' (Gredler, 1856) * ''

Vallonia excentrica ''Vallonia excentrica'', common name the eccentric vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.Marshall, B. (2014). Vallonia excentrica Sterki, 1893. Acces ...

'' Sterki, 1893 - excentric vallonia * † ''

Vallonia gigantea ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' Steklov, 1967 * † ''

Vallonia girauxae ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' (Cossmann, 1902) * ''

Vallonia gracilicosta ''Vallonia gracilicosta'', common name the multirib vallonia or multiribbed vallonia, is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae. Subspecies The subspecies, '' ...

'' Reinhardt, 1883 * ''

Vallonia himalaevis ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' Gerber & Bössneck, 2009 * † ''

Vallonia hoppla ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' Gerber, 1996 * ''

Vallonia kamtschatica ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' I. M. Likharev, 1963 * ''

Vallonia kathrinae ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' Gerber & Bössneck, 2009 * † ''

Vallonia kootenayorum ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Pierce, 2001 * '' Vallonia ladacensis'' (G. Nevill, 1878) * † '' Vallonia laxa'' Gerber, 1996 * † ''

Vallonia lepida ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Reuss, 1849) * † '' Vallonia major'' Gottschick, 1920 * ''

Vallonia mionecton ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial mollusc, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Regist ...

'' (O. Boettger, 1889) * † '' Vallonia pallaryi'' Wenz, 1919 * '' Vallonia parvula'' Sterki, 1893 * '' Vallonia patens'' Reinhardt, 1883 * '' Vallonia persica'' Rosen, 1892 * '' Vallonia perspectiva'' Sterki, 1893 - thin lip vallonia * '' Vallonia peteri'' Schileyko, 1984 * ''

Vallonia pulchella ''Vallonia pulchella'', common name the lovely vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallo ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) - lovely vallonia -

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* '' Vallonia pulchellula'' (Heude, 1882) * '' Vallonia ranovi'' Meng & Gerber, 2008 * † '' Vallonia sandbergeri'' (Deshayes, 1863) * † ''

Vallonia sparnacensis ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Deshayes, 1863) * † '' Vallonia stworzewiczae'' Neubauer, 2013 * † '' Vallonia subcyclophorella'' (Gottschick, 1911) * '' Vallonia suevica'' Geyer, 1908 * '' Vallonia tenuilabris'' (Braun, 1843) * '' Vallonia terraenovae'' Gerber, 1996 * '' Vallonia tokunagai'' K. Suzuki, 1944 * † '' Vallonia tumida'' Stworzewicz, 2007 * '' Vallonia zaru'' Almuhambetova, 1979 * † ''

Vallonia zykini ''Vallonia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Prysiazhniuk, 2016 † ;Synonyms: * ''Vallonia allamanica'' Geyer, 1908: synonym of '' Vallonia suevica'' Geyer, 1908 (junior synonym) * ''Vallonia albula'' Sterki, 1893: synonym of ''

'' Reinhardt, 1883 * ''Vallonia americana'' Ancey, 1893: synonym of '' Vallonia parvula'' Sterki, 1893 (junior subjective synonym) * ''Vallonia astoma'' O. Boettger, 1909: synonym of ''

Gittenbergia sororcula ''Gittenbergia'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastro ...

'' (Benoit, 1859) (junior synonym) * ''Vallonia costataeformis'' Jooss, 1912: synonym of ''

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior subjective synonym) * ''Vallonia jurassica'' Geyer, 1908: synonym of ''

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''Vallonia ladakensis'' (G. Nevill, 1878): synonym of '' Vallonia ladacensis'' (G. Nevill, 1878) (unjustified emendation of ''Vallonia ladacensis'' (Nevill, 1878)) * ''Vallonia miserrima'' Gude, 1907: synonym of '' Vallonia ladacensis'' (G. Nevill, 1878) (junior synonym) * ''Vallonia miserrina'' Gude, 1907: synonym of ''Vallonia miserrima'' Gude, 1907: synonym of '' Vallonia ladacensis'' (G. Nevill, 1878) (incorrect subsequent spelling) * † ''Vallonia moguntiaca'' Wenz, 1915: synonym of † ''

'' (Reuss, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym) * ''Vallonia rosalia'' Risso, 1826: synonym of ''

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * ''Vallonia sonorana'' Pilsbry, 1915: synonym of ''

'' Reinhardt, 1883 * † ''Vallonia subpulchella'' (F. Sandberger, 1872): synonym of † ''

'' (Reuss, 1849) (junior subjective synonym) * ''Vallonia tenera'' (Reinhardt, 1877): synonym of '' Vallonia pulchellula'' (Heude, 1882) (junior synonym)

References

* Schileyko, A. A. (1984). Nazemnye molljuski podotrjada Pupillina fauny SSSR (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Geophila). In:. Fauna SSSR, Molljuski. III, 3 * Pfeffer, G. (1930). Zur Kenntnis tertiärer Landschnecken. Geologisch-Paläontologische Abhandlungen, neue Folge. 17(3): 153-380, pl. 15-17. * Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 1. Achatinellidae, Amastridae, Orculidae, Strobilopsidae, Spelaeodiscidae, Valloniidae, Cochlicopidae, Pupillidae, Chondrinidae, Pyramidellidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 1-127. Moskva

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Turton, W. (1831). A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, arranged according to the more modern system of classification; and described from perfect specimens in the author's cabinet: with coloured plates of every species, viii + 152 + 16 pp.): Index of English names), 9 unnumbered plates. London (Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green).

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