Pilsbrylia, a dextral-shelled door snail from South America (Gastropoda, Clausiliidae)
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/34462Date
2024-01-26Type
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Abstract
he land snail genus Pilsbrylia Hylton Scott, 1952 has been recently shown to not belong to the superfamily to which it was orig inally assigned (i.e., the Orthalicoidea), instead pointing out a relationship with the Clausilioidea. In this study, we included the
type species of the genus in a multi-marker molecular phylogenetic framework to reassess its family-level classification. Our results
show that Pilsbrylia belongs to family Clausiliidae (known as ‘door snails’) and more specifically, to subfamily Peruiniinae. This
family is unique among stylommatophorans for consisting almost exclusively of animals with sinistral (left-handed) shells, whilst
Pilsbrylia has a “typical” dextral shell.
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Salvador, Breure. Pilsbrylia, a dextral-shelled door snail from South America (Gastropoda, Clausiliidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 2024;100(1):9-14Metadata
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