Orcula
Orcula is a genus of land snails in the family Orculidae. It is the type genus of the family.
These snails have ovate-cylindrical shells generally measuring about 5 to 10 millimeters.
The center of diversity of the genus is in the Alps. Some species live in alpine climates. In general, the snails occur in wet forested habitat and boulder fields on limestone substrates.Species
There are 14 species in this genus, divided among 3 subgenera.
Species include:
- Orcula austriaca Zimmermann 1932
- * Orcula austriaca austriaca Zimmermann 1932
- * Orcula austriaca faueri Klemm 1967
- * Orcula austriaca goelleri Gittenberger 1978
- * Orcula austriaca pseudofuchsi Klemm 1967
- Orcula conica
- Orcula dobrogica
- Orcula dolium
- * Orcula dolium dolium
- * Orcula dolium brancsiki Clessin 1887
- * Orcula dolium cebratica Westerlund 1887
- * Orcula dolium edita Ehrmann 1933
- * Orcula dolium globulosa Locard 1880
- * Orcula dolium gracilior Zimmermann 1932
- * Orcula dolium gracilis
- * Orcula dolium implicata Clessin 1887
- * Orcula dolium infima Ehrmann 1933
- * Orcula dolium kimakowiczi
- * Orcula dolium major Westerlund 1887
- * Orcula dolium minima
- * Orcula dolium minor
- * Orcula dolium obesa
- * Orcula dolium par
- * Orcula dolium pfeifferi
- * Orcula dolium pseudogularis A. J. Wagner 1912
- * Orcula dolium quadriplicata
- * Orcula dolium raxae Gittenberger 1978
- * Orcula dolium tatrica A. J. Wagner 1922
- * Orcula dolium titan
- * Orcula dolium triplicata Clessin 1887
- * Orcula dolium tumida
- * Orcula dolium uniplicata
- Orcula fuchsi Zimmermann 1931
- Orcula gularis
- * Orcula gularis gularis
- * Orcula gularis oreina Ehrmann 1933
- Orcula jetschini
- † Orcula oviformis
- Orcula pseudodolium A. J. Wagner 1912
- Orcula restituta
- Orcula schmidti
- * Orcula schmidtii schmidtii
- * Orcula schmidti transversalis
- Orcula spoliata
- Orcula pollonerae
- Orcula tolminensis A. J. Wagner 1912
- Orcula tomlini Connolly, 1931
- Orcula wagneri Sturany 1914
- * Orcula wagneri wagneri Sturany 1914
- * Orcula wagneri ljubetenensis Sturany 1914
- Orcula zilchi Urbański, 1960