Hyala

Hyala
Shells of Hyala vitrea (Montagu, 1803)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Iravadiidae
Genus: Hyala
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852
Type species
Turbo vitreus Montagu, 1803

Hyala is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks belonging to the family Iravadiidae.

Description

(Original description) The head of the animal is elongated and emarginate at the tip, forming two distinct lobes. The tentacles are flattened, lacking a club-shaped tip, and possess fine setae at their extremities. The eyes are sessile and located centrally on the base of each tentacle. The foot is simple posteriorly. The opercular lobe lacks a caudal cirrus. The shell is hyaline (transparent).

They are subsurface deposit feeders.

Species

Species within the genus Hyala include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Hyala H. Adams & A. Adams, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138083 on 2012-08-14
  2. ↑ Adams H. & Adams A. (1852). "On a new Arrangement of British Risooæ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)10: 358-359. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.