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| Genus: | Hyala |
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| Turbo vitreus Montagu, 1803 | |
Hyala is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Iravadiidae.[2] They are subsurface deposit feeders.
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Hyala include:
- Hyala adamsi Golikov & Kussakin in Golikov & Scarlato, 1971
- Hyala vitrea (Montagu, 1803)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Hyala mediterranea F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Hyala vitrea (Montagu, 1803)
References[edit]
- ^ Adams H. & Adams A. (1852). "On a new Arrangement of British Risooæ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)10: 358-359.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Hyala H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138083 on 2012-08-14
- Ponder W. F. (1984) A review of the genera of the Iravadiidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) with an assessment of the relationships of the family. Malacologia 25(1): 21-71. page(s): 51-52
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213