Sterkia

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Pupilloidea Scientific name Sterkia Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Family Pupillidae Higher classification Pupillidae
Similar Gastrocopta, Truncatellina, Orthurethra, Cecilioides, Drymaeus

Sterkia is a genus of minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks which are classified in the family Pupillidae or sometimes in the family Vertiginidae instead.

Species

Species within the genus Sterkia include:

Sterkia antillensis Pilsbry, 1920

Sterkia calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) - Mexican birddrop

Sterkia clementina (Sterki, 1890) - insular birddrop

Sterkia eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) - Caribbean Birddrop

Sterkia hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) - California Birddrop

References

Sterkia Wikipedia

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