''Sterkia'' 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,

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pulmonate gastropod

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s which were formerly classified in 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 ...

now in the family

Vertiginidae Vertiginidae, common name the whorl snails, is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. Distribution The distribution of the Vertiginidae is in ...

instead.

Species

Species within the genus ''Sterkia'' include: * '' Sterkia antillensis'' Pilsbry, 1920"Mollusca"
. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011. * '' Sterkia bakeri'' Pilsbry, 1921 * '' Sterkia eyriesii'' (Drouët, 1859) - Caribbean Birddrop ;Synonyms: * '' Sterkia calamitosa'' (Pilsbry, 1889) - Mexican birddrop:"''Sterkia'' Pilsbry, 1898 "

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. accessed 1 August 2010. synonym of ''

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'' (Pilsbry, 1889) * ''

Sterkia clementina The insular birddrop or San Clemente Island blunt-top snail, scientific name ''Vertigo clementina'', is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.''Sterkia clementina''. NatureSer ...

'' (Sterki, 1890) -

insular birddrop The insular birddrop or San Clemente Island blunt-top snail, scientific name ''Vertigo clementina'', is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.''Sterkia clementina''. NatureSer ...

:''Sterkia clementina''.

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Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010. synonym of ''

Vertigo clementina The insular birddrop or San Clemente Island blunt-top snail, scientific name ''Vertigo clementina'', is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.''Sterkia clementina''. NatureSer ...

'' (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination) * ''

Sterkia hemphilli ''Sterkia'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks which were formerly classified in the family Pupillidae now in the family Vertiginidae instead. Species Species within the genus ''Sterki ...

'' (Sterki, 1890) - California Birddrop:''Sterkia hemphilli''.

Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010. synonym of '' Vertigo hemphilli'' (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)

References

* Nekola, J.C.; Chiba, S.; Coles, B.F.; Drost, C.A.; Proschwitz, T. von; Horsák, M. (2018). A phylogenetic overview of the genus Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae: Vertigininae). Malacologia. 62(1): 21–161. Vertiginidae {{Vertiginidae-stub