- Source: Pyrenaearia
Pyrenaearia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Leptaxinae of the family Hygromiidae, the harry snails and their allies.
These snails live in limestone areas in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern Europe.
Species
Species in the genus Pyrenaearia:
Pyrenaearia cantabrica (Hidalgo, 1873)
Pyrenaearia carascalensis (Férussac, 1821) - type species
Pyrenaearia carascalopsis (Bourguignat in Fagot, 1884)
Pyrenaearia cotiellae (Fagot, 1906)
Pyrenaearia daanidentata Raven, 1988
Pyrenaearia guillenae Caro, Madeira & Gómez-Moliner, 2019
Pyrenaearia molae Haas, 1924
Pyrenaearia navasi (Fagot, 1907)
Pyrenaearia organiaca (Fagot, 1905)
Pyrenaearia parva Ortiz de Zárate, 1956
Synonyms
Pyrenaearia oberthueri (Ancey, 1884): synonym of Pyrenaearia cantabrica (Hidalgo, 1873)
Pyrenaearia poncebensis Ortiz de Zárate, 1956: synonym of Pyrenaearia cantabrica poncebensis Ortiz de Zárate López, 1956
Pyrenaearia schaufussii (Kobelt, 1876): synonym of Pyrenaearia cantabrica schaufussi (Kobelt, 1876) (not assessed)
Pyrenaearia velascoi (Hidalgo, 1867): synonym of Pyrenaearia carascalensis (Michaud, 1831)
References
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
Further reading
Hesse, P. (1921). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntnis der Subfamilie Fruticicolinae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 53 (1/2): 55–83. Frankfurt am Main
Elejalde M. A., Madeira M. J., Prieto C. E., Backeljau T., Gómez-Moliner B. J. (July 2009) "Molecular Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Evolution of the Land Snail Genus Pyrenaearia (Gastropoda, Helicoidea)". American Malacological Bulletin 27(1-2): 69–81. doi:10.4003/006.027.0206