Balea
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Balea is a genus of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. Balea is the type genus of the subfamily Baleinae.
Balea is a genus of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. Balea is the type genus of the subfamily Baleinae.
Species
Species within this genus include: Balea biplicata (Montague, 1803) – synonym: Alinda biplicata Balea fallax (Rossmässler, 1836) Balea jugularis (Vest, 1859) Balea kaeufeli (Brandt, 1962) Balea nitida Mousson, 1858 Balea nordsiecki Dedov & Neubert, 2002 Balea pancici Pavlović, 1912 Balea perversa (Linnaeus, 1758) – the type species of the genus Balea sarsii Pfeiffer, 1847 - synonym: Balea heydeni von Maltzan, 1881 Balea serbica (Möllendorff, 1873) Balea stabilis (Pfeiffer, 1847) Balea viridana (Rossmässler, 1836) Balea vratzatica (Likharev, 1972) Balea wagneri (Wagner, 1911)
References
External links
Gittenberger E., Groenenberg D. S. J., Kokshoorn B. & Preece R. C. (2006). "Molecular trails from hitch-hiking snails". Nature 439: 409. . PDF supplements.
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