''Pittieria'' is a
genus
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of
predatory
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air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
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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 ...
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Spiraxidae
Spiraxidae is a family (biology), family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the superfamily Testacelloidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxon ...
.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Pittieria'' extends from Central Mexico to northern Panama.
Species
Species in the genus ''Pittieria'' include:
Subgenus ''Pittieria'' Von Martens, 1901 include two
species:
* ''
Pittieria bicolor'' Von Martens, 1901 - type species
[Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008)]
"AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA"
. accessed 14 January 2011.
* ''
Pittieria pittieri'' (Von Martens, 1901)
Subgenus ''
Laeviglandina'' Pilsbry, 1908 include nine
species:
* ''
Pittieria aurantiaca'' (Angas, 1879)
* ''
Pittieria broctontomlini'' (Pilsbry, 1926)
* ''
Pittieria chiriquiensis'' (Da Costa, 1900)
* ''
Pittieria decidua'' (Pfeiffer, 1861)
* ''
Pittieria izabellina'' (Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Pittieria lanceolata'' (Von Martens, 1891)
* ''
Pittieria obtusa'' (Pfeiffer, 1844)
* ''
Pittieria tryoniana'' Pilsbry, 1908
* ''
Pittieria underwoodi'' (Fulton, 1897)
Subgenus ''Shuttleworthia'' H. B. Baker, 1941 include three
species:
* ''
Pittieria ambigua'' (Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Pittieria arborea'' H. B. Baker, 1941
* ''
Pittieria difficilis'' (Crosse and Fischer, 1869)
References
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Spiraxidae
Gastropod genera