Morlina

Morlina is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.[1]

Morlina
Shell of Morlina glabra (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Morlina
A. J. Wagner, 1914
Synonyms
  • Gemma Hazay, 1885
  • Hyalinia (Morlina) A. J. Wagner, 1914
  • Oxychilus (Morlina) A. J. Wagner, 1914 (unaccepted rank)

Species

  • Morlina glabra (Rossmässler, 1835)
  • Morlina urbanskii (A. Riedel, 1963)

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Morlina A. J. Wagner, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996643 on 2021-08-16
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
  • Media related to Morlina at Wikimedia Commons


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