Pyramidula (gastropod)

Pyramidula is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidulidae.

Pyramidula
Five shells of Pyramidula rupestris
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Pyramidulidae
Genus: Pyramidula
(Fitzinger, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Cratere Porro, 1838
  • Helix (Pyramidula) Fitzinger, 1833
  • Patula (Pyramidula) Fitzinger, 1833
  • Pyramidula (Pyramidula) Fitzinger, 1833
  • Pyramidula (Pyramidulops) Habe, 1956
  • Pyramidulops Habe, 1956

Pyramidula is the type genus of the family Pyramidulidae.

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