Poiretia (gastropod)

Poiretia is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Poiretia is an area from Algeria and Italy to the Caucasus.

Species

Species within the genus Poiretia include:

• Poiretia algira (Bruguière, 1792) – type species
• Poiretia compressa (Mousson, 1859)
• Poiretia cornea (Brumati, 1838)
• Poiretia delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852)
• Poiretia dilatata (Philippi, 1836)

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