Sturanyella

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

Sturanyella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Helicinoidea
Family:
Helicinidae
Genus:
Sturanyella

Pilsbry & Cooke, 1934[1]

The specific name Sturanyella is apparently in honor of Rudolf Sturany (1867-1935), a malacologist from Austria.

Species

Species within the genus Sturanyella include:

References
  1. Pilsbry H. A. & Cooke C. M. (1934). "Notes on the nomenclature of Hawaiian Helicinidae". The Nautilus 48(2): 53-54.


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