Microstele

Microstele
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Pupilloidei
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Pupillidae
Genus:	Microstele O. Böttger, 1886
Synonyms
Leucochiloides (Microstele) O. Boettger, 1886

Microstele is a genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Pupillinae of the family Pupillidae.

Species

• Microstele alamellata Steklov, 1966
• † Microstele buryaki Steklov, 1966
• † Microstele caucasica Steklov, 1966
• † Microstele gerardae Karnekamp, 1990
• † Microstele ikvae Prisyazhnyuk, 1971
• Microstele iredalei (Preston, 1912)
• Microstele mariae (de Morgan, 1920)
• Microstele muscerda (W.H. Benson, 1853)
• Microstele noltei (O. Böttger, 1886)
• † Microstele pingi Pilsbry, 1934 (taxon inquirendum)
• Microstele wenzi (K.Fischer, 1920)

Species brought into synonymy

• Microstele huberi Thach, 2018: synonym of Apoecus huberi (Thach, 2018) (original combination)

References

• Boettger, 1886: Ber. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges., 1886
• Marquet, R., Laenaerts, J., Karnekamp, C. & Smith, R. (2008) The molluscan fauna of the Borgloon Formation in Belgium (Early Rupelian, Oligocene). Palaeontons, Palaeo Publishing and Library, 12 : 100 p.
• Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
• Thach N.N., 2018 New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies, p. 173 pp

External links

• GBIF: Microstele