Backeljaia is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae,MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Backeljaia Chueca, Gómez-Moliner, Madeira & Pfenninger, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308878 on 2019-10-27 the hairy snails and their allies.
Species Species within the genus Backeljaia include: Backeljaia camporroblensis (Fez, 1944) Backeljaia corbellai (Martínez-Ortí, 2011) Backeljaia gigaxii (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) Backeljaia najerensis (Ortiz de Zárate y López, 1950)
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Chueca, L. J., Gómez-Moliner, B. J., Madeira, M. J. & Pfenninger, M. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357-368