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Spirorbula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Geomitridae
Subfamily:	Geomitrinae
Genus:	Spirorbula Lowe, 1852
Type species
Helix latens C. T. Lowe, 1852
Synonyms
Helix (Irus) R. T. Lowe, 1852(junior synonym) Helix (Spirorbula) C. T. Lowe, 1852 · unaccepted (original rank) Irus R. T. Lowe, 1852 ·

Spirorbula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Geomitrinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Spirorbula includes the area from Madeira to Porto Santo in the country of Portugal.

Species

Species within the genus Spirobula include:

• Spirorbula depauperata (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
• Spirorbula latens (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
• † Spirorbula latina (Paiva, 1866)
• Spirorbula obtecta (R. T. Lowe, 1852) - type species
• Spirorbula squalida (R.T. Lowe, 1852)

References

1. Lowe (1852). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)9: 114.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spirorbula R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996337 on 2022-07-22
3. ^ "Genus taxon summary for Spirorbula". AnimalBase, last modified 09 September 2008, accessed 13 January 2011.

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