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."Genus summary for Poiretia". AnimalBase, last modified 21 May 2008, accessed 19 January 2011.
Species Species within the genus Poiretia include: Poiretia algira (Bruguière, 1792) – type species"Species in genus Poiretia" (n = 5). AnimalBase, accessed 19 January 2011. Poiretia compressa (Mousson, 1859) Poiretia cornea (Brumati, 1838) Poiretia delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852) Poiretia dilatata (Philippi, 1836)
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