Poiretia (gastropod)
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Poiretia is a genus of land snail
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Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s in the family Spiraxidae
Spiraxidae
Spiraxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the clade Eupulmonata .- 2005 taxonomy :...
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Distribution
Distribution of the genus Poiretia include area from Algeria and Italy to CaucasusCaucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
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Species
Species within the genus Poiretia include:- Poiretia algiraPoiretia algiraPoiretia algira is a species of land snail in the family Spiraxidae.Poiretia algira is the type species of the genus Poiretia.- Distribution :Distribution of the genus Poiretia include coastal regions of Algeria....
(Bruguière, 1792) - type species - Poiretia compressa (Mousson, 1859)
- Poiretia cornea (Brumati, 1838)
- Poiretia delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852)
- Poiretia dilatata (Philippi, 1836)