Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Infraordo: Helicoidei
Superfamilia: Helicoidea
Familia: Polygyridae
Subfamilia: Triodopsinae
Tribus: Vespericolini
Genus: Hochbergellus
Species: H. hirsutus
Name
Hochbergellus B. Roth & W.B. Miller, 1992
Type species: Hochbergellus hirsutus Roth & Miller, 1992
References
Roth, B. & W.B. Miller. 1992. A new genus and species of Polygyrid land snail (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from Oregon. The Veliger 35(3): 222.
Hochbergellus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, animal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.
This genus of snails has only one species, which is not distinguishable from species of the genus Vespericola on the basis of shell characters. The two genera are distinguished only by internal anatomical characters.
Distribution
Hochbergellus is restricted to coastal Oregon, U.S.A..
Species
The sole species in this genus is:[1][2]
Hochbergellus hirsutus Roth and Miller, 1992
References
[1] Hochbergellus at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 1 Feb. 2008.
Roth, B. and W. B. Miller. 1992. A New Genus and Species of Polygyrid Land Snail (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from Oregon. The Veliger 35(3): 222-225.
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