Backeljaia

Backeljaia
Shell of Backeljaia gigaxii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Backeljaia
Chueca, Gómez-Moliner, Madeira & Pfenninger, 2018
Type species
Helix caperata var. gigaxii L. Pfeiffer, 1847

Backeljaia is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

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