''Chondrina'' is a

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of small air-breathing

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Chondrinidae Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata. Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in ...

. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West

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. Centers of species diversity are found on the

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. 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)". ''

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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''
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. accessed 1 August 2010. * '' Chondrina amphorula'' Schileyko, 1984 * ''

Chondrina arcadica ''Chondrina arcadica'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Chondrinidae. This species is also known under the synonym ''Chondrina arcadica clienta'' (Westerlund 1883). ...

'' (Reinhardt, 1881) - per AnimalBase is its synonym '' Chondrina clienta'' (Westerlund, 1883) but it is considered valid by other authors * ''

Chondrina arigonis ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' (Rossmässler, 1859) * ''

Chondrina arigonoides ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 * ''

Chondrina ascendens ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' (Westerlund, 1878) * ''

Chondrina avenacea ''Chondrina avenacea'' is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae. ;Subspecies: * ''Chondrina avenacea avenacea'' (Bruguière, 1792) * ''Chondrina a ...

'' (Bruguière, 1792) - type species * ''

Chondrina bergomensis ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' (Küster, 1850) * ''

Chondrina bigorriensis ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' (Des Moulins, 1835) * ''

Chondrina calpica ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' (Westerlund, 1872) * ''

Chondrina centralis ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' (Fagot, 1891) * ''

Chondrina cliendentata ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' E. Gittenberger, 1973 * ''

Chondrina dertosensis ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' (Bofill, 1886) * ''

Chondrina falkneri ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' 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. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: new synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". ''

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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 ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on th ...

'' 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 ''Chondrina'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod Mollusc, mollusks in the family (biology), family Chondrinidae. All species of ''Chondrina'' are restricted to the West Palaearcti ...

'' 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

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