# Pyrenaearia

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***Pyrenaearia*** 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) or [micromollusks](/source/Micromollusk) in the subfamily [Leptaxinae](/source/Leptaxinae) of the family [Hygromiidae](/source/Hygromiidae), the harry snails and their allies.[2]

These snails live in limestone areas in the [Pyrenees](/source/Pyrenees) mountains of southwestern Europe.

## Species

Species in the genus *Pyrenaearia*:[3]

- *[Pyrenaearia cantabrica](/source/Pyrenaearia_cantabrica)* (Hidalgo, 1873)
- *[Pyrenaearia carascalensis](/source/Pyrenaearia_carascalensis)* (Férussac, 1821) - type species
- *[Pyrenaearia carascalopsis](/source/Pyrenaearia_carascalopsis)* (Bourguignat in Fagot, 1884)
- *[Pyrenaearia cotiellae](/source/Pyrenaearia_cotiellae)* ([Fagot](/source/Jacques_S%C3%A9bastien_Fran%C3%A7ois_L%C3%A9once_Marie_Paul_Fagot), 1906)
- *[Pyrenaearia daanidentata](/source/Pyrenaearia_daanidentata)* Raven, 1988
- *[Pyrenaearia guillenae](/source/Pyrenaearia_guillenae)* Caro, Madeira & Gómez-Moliner, 2019
- *[Pyrenaearia molae](/source/Pyrenaearia_molae)* Haas, 1924
- *[Pyrenaearia navasi](/source/Pyrenaearia_navasi)* (Fagot, 1907)
- *[Pyrenaearia organiaca](/source/Pyrenaearia_organiaca)* (Fagot, 1905)
- *[Pyrenaearia parva](/source/Pyrenaearia_parva)* Ortiz de Zárate, 1956

**Synonyms**

- *Pyrenaearia oberthueri* (Ancey, 1884): synonym of *Pyrenaearia cantabrica* (Hidalgo, 1873)
- *Pyrenaearia poncebensis* Ortiz de Zárate, 1956: synonym of *Pyrenaearia cantabrica poncebensis* Ortiz de Zárate López, 1956
- *Pyrenaearia schaufussii* (Kobelt, 1876): synonym of *Pyrenaearia cantabrica schaufussi* (Kobelt, 1876) (not assessed)
- *Pyrenaearia velascoi* (Hidalgo, 1867): synonym of *Pyrenaearia carascalensis* (Michaud, 1831)

## References

1. (in German) [Hesse P](/source/Paul_Hesse). (1921) "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntnis der Subfamilie Fruticicolinae". *[Archiv für Molluskenkunde](/source/Archiv_f%C3%BCr_Molluskenkunde)* **53**(1-2): 55-83.

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyrenaearia P. Hesse, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996519](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996519) on 2022-03-17

1. [Species in genus *Pyrenaearia*](http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=2652). AnimalBase, accessed 28 November 2009

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

## Further reading

- Hesse, P. (1921). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntnis der Subfamilie Fruticicolinae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 53 (1/2): 55–83. Frankfurt am Main
- Elejalde M. A., Madeira M. J., Prieto C. E., Backeljau T., Gómez-Moliner B. J. (July 2009) "Molecular Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Evolution of the Land Snail Genus *Pyrenaearia* (Gastropoda, Helicoidea)". *American Malacological Bulletin* **27**(1-2): 69–81. [doi:10.4003/006.027.0206](https://doi.org/10.4003/006.027.0206)

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