Chondrina is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.
All species of Chondrina are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on the Iberian Peninsula, in northern Italy and in the Balkans. The species are restricted to calcareous rocks, and occur only on vertical, exposed rock faces.
Species There are more than 40Kokshoorn B., Schoor M. van, Erkelens I. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Waves of dispersal in island-hopping Chondrina species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Chondrinidae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger . PDF extant species in the genus Chondrina, with four new species described in 2010. Chondrina aguilari Altimira, 1967 Chondrina altimirai Gittenberger, 1973"Species in genus Chondrina [n=27]. AnimalBase. accessed 1 August 2010. Chondrina amphorula Schileyko, 1984 Chondrina arcadica (Reinhardt, 1881) - per AnimalBase is its synonym Chondrina clienta (Westerlund, 1883) but it is considered valid by other authors Chondrina arigonis (Rossmässler, 1859) Chondrina arigonoides Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 Chondrina ascendens (Westerlund, 1878) Chondrina avenacea (Bruguière, 1792) - type species Chondrina bergomensis (Küster, 1850) Chondrina bigorriensis (Des Moulins, 1835) Chondrina calpica (Westerlund, 1872) Chondrina centralis (Fagot, 1891) Chondrina cliendentata E. Gittenberger, 1973 Chondrina dertosensis (Bofill, 1886) Chondrina falkneri Gittenberger, 2002 Chondrina farinesii (Des Moulins, 1835) Chondrina feneriensis Bodon, Nardi, Cianfanelli & Kokshoorn, 2015 Chondrina gasulli Gittenberger, 1973 Chondrina gavirai Ahuir & Torres, 2017 Chondrina generosensis Nordsieck, 1962 Chondrina gerhardi Gittenberger, 2002 Chondrina gomezi Ahuir & Torres, 2017 Chondrina granatensis Alonso, 1974 Chondrina guiraonis Pilsbry, 1918 Chondrina ingae Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: new synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Zootaxa 2539: 1-62. 22 plates. preview. Chondrina jumillensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Chondrina keltiensis Ahuir & Torres, 2017 Chondrina klemmi Gittenberger, 1973 Chondrina kobelti (Westerlund, 1887) Chondrina kobeltoides Gittenberger, 1973 Chondrina lusitanica (Pfeiffer, 1848) Chondrina maginensis Arrébola & Gómez, 1998 Chondrina marjae Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 Chondrina marmouchana (Pallary, 1928) Chondrina massotiana (Bourguignat, 1863) Chondrina megacheilos (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) Chondrina multidentata (Strobel, 1851) Chondrina oligodonta (Del Prete, 1879) Chondrina pseudavenacea Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 Chondrina pseudoteresae Ahuir & Torres, 2017 Chondrina ricotensis Gómez-Moliner & Somoza-Valdeolmillos, 2023 Chondrina ripkeni Gittenberger, 1973 Chondrina soleri Altimira, 1960 Chondrina spelta (Beck, 1837) Chondrina tatrica Ložek, 1948 Chondrina tenuimarginata (Des Moulins, 1835)
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