Ustronia

Ustronia is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.

Ustronia
firefly larva Alecton discoidalis is feeding on Ustronia sloanei keeping the operculum at side, in captivity
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Helicinoidea
Family:
Helicinidae
Genus:
Ustronia

Kobelt, 1908[1]

Species

Species within the genus Ustronia include:

References
  1. Kobelt W. (1908). Syst. Conch. Cab. (2) Lief. 530, 116.
  2. "Mollusca" Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.


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