''Chondrula'' is a

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of air-breathing

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

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s in the family

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. 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'' (Westerlund, 1894) - synonym: ''Chondrula minuta'', from Greece * '' Chondrula orientalis'' (Pfeiffer, 1848) - from Turkey * '' Chondrula pindica'' (Westerlund, 1894) - from Greece * '' Chondrula pupa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Chondrula quinquedentata'' (Rossmässler, 1837) * '' Chondrula sturmii'' (Küster, 1852) - from Turkey * '' Chondrula tricuspidata'' (Küster, 1843) * '' Chondrula tridens'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) - type species""
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Chondrula werneri ''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: ...

'' (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 athensi ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

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