Portugala

Genus of land snails

Portugala

Shell of Portugala inchoata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Order:  | Stylommatophora
Family:  | Hygromiidae
Subfamily:  | Leptaxinae
Genus:  | Portugala
E. Gittenberger, 1980
Species:  |

P. inchoata

Binomial name
Portugala inchoata

(Morelet, 1845)

Synonyms[2]

* Helix inchoata Morelet, 1845

Portugala is a monotypic genus of land snails native to the western Iberian Peninsula in Portugal and Galicia (Spain).[2]

It has a single species, Portugala inchoata, which can grow to 15 mm.[3][4]

## Gallery[edit]

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## References[edit]

1. ^ Arrébola, J. (2011). "Portugala inchoata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T156982A5024971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156982A5024971.en. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Portugala E. Gittenberger, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996518 on 2022-02-06
3. ^ "Portugala inchoata (Morelet, 1845)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
4. ^ "Portugala inchoata (Morelet 1845) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-10-02.

* Gittenberger, E. (1980). Three notes on Iberian terrestrial gastropods. Zoologische Mededelingen, 55 (17): 201–213. Leiden.
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

## External links[edit]

* Caro, A., Neiber, M. T., Gómez-Moliner, B. J. & Madeira, M. J. (2019). Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the land snail subfamily Leptaxinae (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 139: 1-11

Taxon identifiers

Portugala|

* Wikidata: Q18596392
* BOLD: 904581
* CoL: 7PD6P
* EoL: 4906463
* Fauna Europaea (new): 6575e324-3ed1-464e-a6ea-c940b83da68b
* GBIF: 4405847
* iNaturalist: 91260
* IRMNG: 1188543
* NCBI: 1582424
* Open Tree of Life: 4155440
* WoRMS: 996518

Portugala inchoata|

* Wikidata: Q14669302
* BOLD: 904582
* CoL: 4M26F
* EoL: 4906464
* EUNIS: 291200
* Fauna Europaea: 428527
* Fauna Europaea (new): d987f2fb-c88d-46c9-8df4-19df85d34a73
* GBIF: 4564484
* iNaturalist: 110166
* IUCN: 156982
* NCBI: 1582425
* WoRMS: 1002464