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Sphaerospira is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderStylommatophora
  5. FamilyCamaenidae

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Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.289356 - Sphaerospira blomfieldi (Cox, 1864) - Camaenidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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Sphaerospira is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Camaenidae.

Some authorities consider this to be merely a subgenus of the genus Thersites. == Species == Species within the genus Sphaerospira include: Sphaerospira arthuriana (Cox, 1873) Sphaerospira bencarlessi Stanisic & Potter, 2010 Sphaerospira blomfieldi (Cox, 1864) Sphaerospira fraseri (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) Sphaerospira informis (Mousson, 1869) Sphaerospira mortenseni (Iredale, 1929) Sphaerospira mossmani (Brazier, 1875) Sphaerospira oconnellensis (Cox, 1871) Sphaerospira rockhamptonensis (Cox, 1873) Sphaerospira sidneyi (Iredale, 1933) Species brought into synonymy: Sphaerospira macleayi (Cox, 1865): synonym of Bentosites macleayi (Cox, 1865) Sphaerospira parallela Iredale, 1937: synonym of Sphaerospira fraseri (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (junior synonym) Sphaerospira rawnesleyi (Cox, 1873): synonym of Steorra rawnesleyi (Cox, 1873) (superseded combination) Sphaerospira whartoni (Cox, 1871): synonym of Temporena whartoni (Cox, 1871)

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