Noricella is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Noricella Neiber, Razkin & Hausdorf, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996565 on 2019-01-14 This genus is endemic to Austria. It contains two species, Noricella oreinos and Noricella scheerpeltzi.Bamberger, S., Duda, M., Tribsch, A., Haring, E., Sattmann, H., Macek, O., Affenzeller, M. & Kruckenhauser, L. 2020. Genome-wide nuclear data confirm two species in the Alpine endemic land snail Noricella oreinos s.l.Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58: 982-1004 https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12362 The name is derived from the ancient Roman province Noricum, which covered large parts of the Austrian Alps.
Species Noricella oreinos (Wagner, 1915) Noricella scheerpeltzi (Mikula, 1957)
References
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.