''Chondrina'' is a

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of small air-breathing

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Mollusc, mollusks in the family (biology), family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on the Iberian Peninsula, in northern List of non-marine molluscs of Italy, Italy and in the Balkans. The species are restricted to calcareous rocks, and occur only on vertical, exposed rock faces.

Species

There are more than 40Kokshoorn B., Schoor M. van, Erkelens I. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Waves of dispersal in island-hopping Chondrina species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Chondrinidae)". ''Zoologischer Anzeiger''
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/ref> extant species in the genus ''Chondrina'', with four new species described in 2010. * ''Chondrina aguilari'' Altimira, 1967 * ''Chondrina altimirai'' Gittenberger, 1973"Species in genus ''Chondrina''
[n=27]. AnimalBase. accessed 1 August 2010. * ''Chondrina amphorula'' Schileyko, 1984 * ''Chondrina arcadica'' (Reinhardt, 1881) - per AnimalBase is its synonym ''Chondrina clienta'' (Westerlund, 1883) but it is considered valid by other authors * ''Chondrina arigonis'' (Rossmässler, 1859) * ''Chondrina arigonoides'' Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 * ''Chondrina ascendens'' (Westerlund, 1878) * ''Chondrina avenacea'' (Bruguière, 1792) - type species * ''Chondrina bergomensis'' (Küster, 1850) * ''Chondrina bigorriensis'' (Des Moulins, 1835) * ''Chondrina calpica'' (Westerlund, 1872) * ''Chondrina centralis'' (Fagot, 1891) * ''Chondrina cliendentata'' E. Gittenberger, 1973 * ''Chondrina dertosensis'' (Bofill, 1886) * ''Chondrina falkneri'' Gittenberger, 2002 * ''Chondrina farinesii'' (Des Moulins, 1835) * ''Chondrina feneriensis'' Bodon, Nardi, Cianfanelli & Kokshoorn, 2015 * ''Chondrina gasulli'' Gittenberger, 1973 * ''Chondrina gavirai'' Ahuir & Torres, 2017 * ''Chondrina generosensis'' Nordsieck, 1962 * ''Chondrina gerhardi'' Gittenberger, 2002 * ''Chondrina gomezi'' Ahuir & Torres, 2017 * ''Chondrina granatensis'' Alonso, 1974 * ''Chondrina guiraonis'' Pilsbry, 1918 * ''Chondrina ingae'' Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010Kokshoorn B. & Edmund Gittenberger, Gittenberger E. (2010). "Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: new synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". ''Zootaxa'' 2539: 1-62. 22 plates
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* ''Chondrina jumillensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) * ''Chondrina keltiensis'' Ahuir & Torres, 2017 * ''Chondrina klemmi'' Gittenberger, 1973 * ''Chondrina kobelti'' (Westerlund, 1887) * ''Chondrina kobeltoides'' Gittenberger, 1973 * ''Chondrina lusitanica'' (Pfeiffer, 1848) * ''Chondrina maginensis'' Arrébola & Gómez, 1998 * ''Chondrina marjae'' Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 * ''Chondrina marmouchana'' (Pallary, 1928) * ''Chondrina massotiana'' (Bourguignat, 1863) * ''Chondrina megacheilos'' (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) * ''Chondrina multidentata'' (Strobel, 1851) * ''Chondrina oligodonta'' (Del Prete, 1879) * ''Chondrina pseudavenacea'' Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 * ''Chondrina pseudoteresae'' Ahuir & Torres, 2017 * ''Chondrina ricotensis'' Gómez-Moliner & Somoza-Valdeolmillos, 2023 * ''Chondrina ripkeni'' Gittenberger, 1973 * ''Chondrina soleri'' Altimira, 1960 * ''Chondrina spelta'' (Beck, 1837) * ''Chondrina tatrica'' Ložek, 1948 * ''Chondrina tenuimarginata'' (Des Moulins, 1835)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3204712 Chondrinidae Gastropod genera Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach Taxonomy articles created by Polbot