Backeljaia | |
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Shell of Backeljaia gigaxii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Backeljaia Chueca, Gómez-Moliner, Madeira & Pfenninger, 2018 |
Type species | |
Helix caperata var. gigaxii L. Pfeiffer, 1847 |
Backeljaia is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae,[1] the hairy snails and their allies.