''Microstele'' 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 minute 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 mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s or
micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...
s in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family
Pupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pupillidae W. Turton, 1831. Accessed throug ...
.
Species
* ''
Microstele alamellata
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
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Steklov, 1966
* † ''
Microstele buryaki
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* ''Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microste ...
''
Steklov, 1966
* † ''
Microstele caucasica
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not e ...
''
Steklov, 1966
* † ''
Microstele gerardae
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
Karnekamp, 1990
* † ''
Microstele ikvae
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* ''Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † ''Microstel ...
''
Prisyazhnyuk, 1971 [Prisyazhnyuk, V.A. Molluski rodu Microstele O. Boettger (Pulmonata). Dopovidi Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoi RSR, Seriya B. 7: 599-601 (1971).]
* ''
Microstele iredalei
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
(Preston, 1912)
* ''
Microstele mariae
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
(de Morgan, 1920)
* ''
Microstele muscerda
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
(W.H. Benson, 1853)
* ''
Microstele noltei
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
(O. Böttger, 1886)
* † ''
Microstele pingi
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
Pilsbry, 1934 (taxon inquirendum)
* ''
Microstele wenzi
''Microstele'' is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.
Species
* '' Microstele alamellata'' Steklov, 1966
* † '' Microst ...
''
(K.Fischer, 1920)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Microstele huberi''
Thach, 2018: synonym of ''
Apoecus huberi
''Apoecus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Apoecus Möllendorff, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Thach, 2018) (original combination)
References
* Boettger, 1886: Ber. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges., 1886
* Marquet, R., Laenaerts, J., Karnekamp, C. & Smith, R. (2008) The molluscan fauna of the Borgloon Formation in Belgium (Early Rupelian, Oligocene). Palaeontons, Palaeo Publishing and Library, 12 : 100 p.
* Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
* Thach N.N. , 2018 New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies, p. 173 pp
External links
GBIF: Microstele
Pupillidae
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