''Protorugosa'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of large, air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...

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 ...

gastropods Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. Ther ...

in the family

Rhytididae Rhytididae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of medium-sized predatory air-breathing land snails, carnivorous terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod Mollusca, molluscs in the superfamily Rhytidoidea.Mollus ...

, first described by Michael Shea & Owen Griffiths in 2010. This snail is endemic to

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Species

* ''

Protorugosa alpica ''Protorugosa'' is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropods in the family Rhytididae, first described by Michael Shea & Owen Griffiths in 2010. This snail is endemic to New South Wales. Species * '' Protorugosa alpica'' ...

'' (Iredale, 1943) * ''

Protorugosa burraga ''Protorugosa'' is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropods in the family Rhytididae, first described by Michael Shea & Owen Griffiths in 2010. This snail is endemic to New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbr ...

'' Shea & O. L. Griffiths, 2010

References

* Stanisic, J.; Shea, M.; Potter, D.; Griffiths, O. (2010). Australian land snails. Volume 1. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. 596 pp. * Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017. {{Taxonbar, from=Q107309454 Rhytididae Taxa described in 2010