# Hystricella

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***Hystricella*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of air-breathing [land snails](/source/Land_snail), [terrestrial](/source/Terrestrial_animal) [pulmonate](/source/Pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the subfamily [Geomitrinae](/source/Geomitrinae) of the family [Geomitridae](/source/Geomitridae), the hairy snails and their allies.[1]

## Species

Species within the genus *Hystricella* include:

- † *[Hystricella aucta](/source/Hystricella_aucta)* (Wollaston, 1878)
- *[Hystricella bicarinata](/source/Hystricella_bicarinata)* (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
- † *[Hystricella echinoderma](/source/Hystricella_echinoderma)* (Wollaston, 1878)
- *[Hystricella echinulata](/source/Hystricella_echinulata)* (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
- † *[Hystricella microcarinata](/source/Hystricella_microcarinata)* De Mattia & Groh, 2018

**Synonyms**

- *Hystricella leacockiana* (Wollaston, 1878): synonym of *[Wollastonaria leacockiana](/source/Wollastonaria_leacockiana)* (Wollaston, 1878) (superseded generic combination)
- *Hystricella oxytropis* (R. T. Lowe, 1831):[2] synonym of *[Wollastonaria oxytropis](/source/Wollastonaria_oxytropis)* (R. T. Lowe, 1831) (superseded generic combination)
- *Hystricella turricula* (R. T. Lowe, 1831): synonym of *[Wollastonaria turricula](/source/Wollastonaria_turricula)* (R. T. Lowe, 1831) (superseded generic combination)

## References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Hystricella R. T. Lowe, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998825](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998825) on 2022-07-21

1. Seddon, M.B. (2011). "*Wollastonaria oxytropis*". Vol. 2011. [doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6728A12801442.en](https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6728A12801442.en). Retrieved 18 November 2021.

- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

## External links

- [Lowe, R. T. (1855 ("1854")). Catalogus molluscorum pneumonatorum insularum Maderensium: or a list of all the land and freshwater shells, recent and fossil, of the Madeiran islands: arranged in groups according to their natural affinities; with diagnoses of the groups, and of the new or hitherto imperfectly defined species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22: 161-208](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747564)
- [De Mattia, W., Neiber, M. T. & Groh, K. (2018). Revision of the genus-group Hystricella R. T. Lowe, 1855 from Porto Santo (Madeira Archipelago), with descriptions of new recent and fossil taxa (Gastropoda, Helicoidea, Geomitridae). ZooKeys. 732: 1-125](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.732.21677)

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