# Portugala

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***Portugala*** is a monotypic genus of [land snails](/source/Land_snail) native to the western [Iberian Peninsula](/source/Iberian_Peninsula) in [Portugal](/source/Portugal) and [Galicia (Spain)](/source/Galicia_(Spain)).[1]

It has a single species, ***Portugala inchoata***, which can grow to 15 mm.[2][3]

## References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Portugala E. Gittenberger, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996518](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996518) on 2022-02-06

1. ["Portugala inchoata (Morelet, 1845)"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4M26F). [Catalogue of Life](/source/Catalogue_of_Life). Retrieved 7 October 2021.

1. ["Portugala inchoata (Morelet 1845) - Encyclopedia of Life"](https://eol.org/pages/4906464). *eol.org*. Retrieved 2023-10-02.

- Gittenberger, E. (1980). Three notes on Iberian terrestrial gastropods. Zoologische Mededelingen, 55 (17): 201–213. Leiden.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

## External links

- [Caro, A., Neiber, M. T., Gómez-Moliner, B. J. & Madeira, M. J. (2019). Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the land snail subfamily Leptaxinae (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 139: 1-11](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106570)

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