Sterkia

<i>Sterkia</i>

Sterkia

Genus of gastropods

Sterkia is a genus of minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks which were formerly classified in the family Pupillidae[2] now in the family Vertiginidae instead.[3]

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Species

Species within the genus Sterkia include:

  • Sterkia antillensis Pilsbry, 1920[3]
  • Sterkia bakeri Pilsbry, 1921
  • Sterkia eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) - Caribbean Birddrop[4]
Synonyms
  • Sterkia calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) - Mexican birddrop:[5] synonym of Vertigo calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889)
  • Sterkia clementina (Sterki, 1890) - insular birddrop:[2][5] synonym of Vertigo clementina (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)
  • Sterkia hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) - California Birddrop:[5][6] synonym of Vertigo hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)

References

  1. [1]
    Pilsbry H. A. (1898). Nautilus 11: 119.
  2. [2]
    Sterkia clementina. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Mollusca" Archived 26 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Sterkia eyriesii". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. accessed 12 November 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898 ". ITIS. accessed 1 August 2010.
  6. [6]
    Sterkia hemphilli. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010.
  • 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.


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