Poole, Karen E.
Orcula
Sign in to saveOrcula is a genus of land snails in the family Orculidae. It is the type genus of the family.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassHolothuroidea
- OrderDendrochirotida
- FamilyCucumariidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Orculidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, UMZC, DMNH, MZLU, BPBM
- Recorded in
- Cyprus, Italy, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Turkey, New Caledonia, Palestine
Wikidata facts
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Orcula
- taxon name
- Orcula
- taxon rank
- genus
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orcula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.