Chondrula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae. [2]

Chondrula
Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Chondrula tridens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Enidae
Genus: Chondrula
Beck, 1837[1]
Type species
Helix tridens O.F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms
  • Buliminus (Chondrula) Beck, 1837
  • Buliminus (Chondrulus) Westerlund, 1887
  • Chondrulus Westerlund, 1887
  • Dentistomus M. Kimakowicz, 1890
  • Eucore Charpentier, 1837
  • Gonodon Held, 1838
  • Odontalus Parreyss, 1849
  • Pupa (Chondrula) Beck, 1837 (original combination)
  • Tridensiana Caziot, 1910

Chondrula is the type genus of the tribe Chondrulini.[3]

Distribution

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Distribution of the genus Chondrula ranges from Europe and northern Africa and to Iran.[4]

Species

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Species within the genus Chondrula include:

synonyms

References

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  1. ^ Beck H. (1837). Index molluscorum præsentis ævi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. pp. 1-100 [1837], 101-124 [1838]. Hafniae. PDF, page 87.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Chondrula H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818170 on 2018-12-26
  3. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. ^ "". AnimalBase, last update 29 January 2009, accessed 11 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "". AnimalBase, accessed 11 June 2012.