{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = PraticolellaBerlandieriana.jpg | image_caption = Three views of a shell of ''Praticolella berlandieriana'' | taxon = Praticolella | authority = von Martens, 1892 }}

'''''Praticolella''''' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.

This genus comprises about 15{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} species of small snails with semi-globose shells.

==Shell description== The shells of these snails often have contrasting color bands, and are usually without apertural teeth, although a tooth may sometimes occur on the parietal wall of the aperture.

Snails in this genus are distinguished from other polygyrid snails on the basis of their internal anatomy.

==Distribution== Species of ''Praticolella'' may be found from Nicaragua and eastern Mexico, into the southeastern United States, from Texas to North Carolina.<ref name="Pilsbry1940">Pilsbry, Henry A. 1940. ''Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)''. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 688-702.</ref>

==Species== This genus includes the following species and subspecies:<ref name="Pilsbry1940"/><ref>[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=77429] ''Praticolella'' at ''ITIS'' (''Integrated Taxonomic Information System''); accessed 19 Jan. 2008.</ref><ref>[http://animaldiversity.org] Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. ''The Animal Diversity Web (online)''; accessed 19 Jan. 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Praticolella] ''Praticolella'' at ''Discover Life''; accessed 19 Jan. 2008.</ref><ref>Sandoval, A. C. and R. R. Castro. 2002. ''Gastrópodos Terrestres del Sur de Tamaulipas, México''. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (new series) 86: 225-238.</ref>

*''Praticolella ampla'' (Pfeiffer, 1866) *''Praticolella bakeri'' Vanatta, 1915 *''Praticolella berlandieriana'' <small>(Moricand, 1833)</small> *''Praticolella campi'' Clapp & Ferriss, 1919 *''Praticolella candida'' Hubricht, 1983 *''Praticolella griseola'' (Pfeiffer, 1841) *''Praticolella jejuna'' (Say, 1821) *''Praticolella lawae'' (Lewis, 1874) *''Praticolella martensiana'' (Pilsbry, 1907) *''Praticolella mobiliana'' (Lea, 1841) *''Praticolella pachyloma'' (Menke, 1847) *''Praticolella strebeliana'' Pilsbry, 1899 *''Praticolella taeniata'' Pilsbry, 1940 *''Praticolella trimatris'' Hubricht, 1983

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Category:Polygyridae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Eduard von Martens