''Chondrula'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of air-breathing land snails,

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

pulmonate gastropod

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s in the family

Enidae Enidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Enidae B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies ...

. 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 ''Chondrula'' is the

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of the tribe Chondrulini.

Distribution

Distribution of the genus ''Chondrula'' ranges from Europe and northern Africa and to

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Species

Species within the genus ''Chondrula'' include: * '' Chondrula albolimbata'' (Pfeiffer, 1859) * '' Chondrula beieri'' Klemm, 1962 - from Greece * '' Chondrula bergeri'' (Roth, 1839) * '' Chondrula bicallosa'' (Pfeiffer, 1847) * '' Chondrula consentanea'' (Westerlund, 1887) - from the Balkans * '' Chondrula diodon'' (Retowski, 1883) * '' Chondrula jaczewskii'' (Wagner, 1928) * '' Chondrula lugorensis'' Wagner, 1914 - from the Balkans * '' Chondrula lycaonica'' (Sturany, 1904) - from Turkey * '' Chondrula macedonica'' Wagner, 1914 * '' Chondrula microtragus'' (Rossmässler, 1839) * '' Chondrula mletaki'' Lajtner, 1993 * ''

Chondrula munita ''Chondrula'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae. MolluscaBase (2018). Chondrula H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecie ...

'' (Westerlund, 1894) - synonym: ''Chondrula minuta'', from Greece * ''

Chondrula orientalis ''Chondrula'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae. MolluscaBase (2018). Chondrula H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies. ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1848) - from Turkey * '' Chondrula pindica'' (Westerlund, 1894) - from Greece * '' Chondrula pupa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Chondrula quinquedentata'' (Rossmässler, 1837) * ''

Chondrula sturmii ''Chondrula'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae. MolluscaBase (2018). Chondrula H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http ...

'' (Küster, 1852) - from Turkey * '' Chondrula tricuspidata'' (Küster, 1843) * ''

Chondrula tridens ''Chondrula tridens'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Chondrula tridens (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) - type species""
AnimalBase, accessed 11 June 2012. * '' Chondrula vaderi'' Gittenberger, 1967 * ''

Chondrula werneri ''Chondrula'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae. MolluscaBase (2018). Chondrula H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies. ...

'' (Sturany, 1902) - from Turkey ;synonyms: * ''Chondrula nachicevanjensis'' Hudec, 1972: synonym of '' Multidentula nachicevanjensis'' (Hudec, 1972) * ''Chondrula peloponnesica'' Gittenberger, 1984 is a synonym of '' Mastus peloponnesicus'' (Gittenberger, 1984) * ''Chondrula pupa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) is a synonym of ''

Mastus pupa ''Mastus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae. Species Species: *''Mastus abundans'' *''Mastus alpicola'' *''Mastus amenazada'' *''Mastus anatolicus'' *''Mastus athensis' ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

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