Praticolella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.
This genus comprises about 15 species of small snails with semi-globose shells.
Shell description The shells of these snails often have contrasting color bands, and are usually without apertural teeth, although a tooth may sometimes occur on the parietal wall of the aperture.
Snails in this genus are distinguished from other polygyrid snails on the basis of their internal anatomy.
Distribution Species of Praticolella may be found from Nicaragua and eastern Mexico, into the southeastern United States, from Texas to North Carolina.Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 688-702.
Species This genus includes the following species and subspecies: Praticolella at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 19 Jan. 2008. Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online); accessed 19 Jan. 2008. Praticolella at Discover Life; accessed 19 Jan. 2008.Sandoval, A. C. and R. R. Castro. 2002. Gastrópodos Terrestres del Sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (new series) 86: 225-238.
Praticolella ampla (Pfeiffer, 1866) Praticolella bakeri Vanatta, 1915 Praticolella berlandieriana (Moricand, 1833) Praticolella campi Clapp & Ferriss, 1919 Praticolella candida Hubricht, 1983 Praticolella griseola (Pfeiffer, 1841) Praticolella jejuna (Say, 1821) Praticolella lawae (Lewis, 1874) Praticolella martensiana (Pilsbry, 1907) Praticolella mobiliana (Lea, 1841) Praticolella pachyloma (Menke, 1847) Praticolella strebeliana Pilsbry, 1899 Praticolella taeniata Pilsbry, 1940 Praticolella trimatris Hubricht, 1983
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