Linisa

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Linisa
Linisa tamaulipasensis
Linisa tamaulipasensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Eupulmonata
Infraorder: Stylommatophora
Parvorder: Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Linisa
Pilsbry 1930

Linisa is a genus (or a section or subgenus under Polygyra) of land snails in the family Polygyridae.

This genus includes the following species and subspecies:[1] [2]

  • Linisa tamaulipasensis (I. Lea, 1857)
  • Linisa texasiana (Moricand, 1833)


[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] Linisa at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 31 Jan. 2008.
  2. ^ Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 617-620.