Sterkia

Sterkia is a genus of minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks which were formerly classified in the family Pupillidae[2] now in the family Vertiginidae instead.[3]

Sterkia
Scientific classification
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(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
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Genus:
Sterkia

Species

Species within the genus Sterkia include:

  • Sterkia antillensis Pilsbry, 1920[3]
  • Sterkia bakeri Pilsbry, 1921
  • Sterkia eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) - Caribbean Birddrop[4]
Synonyms
  • Sterkia calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) - Mexican birddrop:[5] synonym of Vertigo calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889)
  • Sterkia clementina (Sterki, 1890) - insular birddrop:[2][5] synonym of Vertigo clementina (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)
  • Sterkia hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) - California Birddrop:[5][6] synonym of Vertigo hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)

References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1898). Nautilus 11: 119.
  2. Sterkia clementina. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
  3. "Mollusca" Archived 26 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  4. "Sterkia eyriesii". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. accessed 12 November 2015.
  5. "Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898 ". ITIS. accessed 1 August 2010.
  6. Sterkia hemphilli. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
  • Nekola, J.C.; Chiba, S.; Coles, B.F.; Drost, C.A.; Proschwitz, T. von; Horsák, M. (2018). A phylogenetic overview of the genus Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae: Vertigininae). Malacologia. 62(1): 21–161.


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