Hochbergellus

Hochbergellus is a monotypic genus of air-breathing land snails, animal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.

Hochbergellus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Polygyridae
Subfamily: Triodopsinae
Tribe: Vespericolini
Genus: Hochbergellus
B.Roth & W.B.Miller, 1992[1]
Species:
H. hirsutus
Binomial name
Hochbergellus hirsutus
B.Roth & W.B.Miller, 1992

This genus of snails has only one species, which is not distinguishable from species of the genus Vespericola on the basis of shell characters. The two genera are distinguished only by internal anatomical characters.

Distribution

Hochbergellus is restricted to coastal Oregon, U.S.A.

Species

The sole species in this genus is:[2][1]

  • Hochbergellus hirsutus Roth and Miller, 1992

References
  1. Roth, B. and W. B. Miller. 1992. A New Genus and Species of Polygyrid Land Snail (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from Oregon. The Veliger 35(3): 222-225. available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42467292
  2. Hochbergellus at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 1 Feb. 2008.


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