Pittieria

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title: "Pittieria" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["spiraxidae", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/spiraxidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittieria" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Pittieria aurantiaca shell.png | image_upright = 0.7 | image_caption = Drawing of apertural view of the shell of Pittieria aurantiaca | taxon = Pittieria | authority = von Martens, 1901 | diversity_link = #Species | diversity_ref = | diversity = 14 species

Pittieria is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Pittieria extends from Central Mexico to northern Panama.

Species

Species in the genus Pittieria include:

Subgenus Pittieria Von Martens, 1901 include two species:

• Pittieria bicolor Von Martens, 1901 - type species
• Pittieria pittieri (Von Martens, 1901)

Subgenus Laeviglandina Pilsbry, 1908 include nine species:

• Pittieria aurantiaca (Angas, 1879)
• Pittieria broctontomlini (Pilsbry, 1926)
• Pittieria chiriquiensis (Da Costa, 1900)
• Pittieria decidua (Pfeiffer, 1861)
• Pittieria izabellina (Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Pittieria lanceolata (Von Martens, 1891)
• Pittieria obtusa (Pfeiffer, 1844)
• Pittieria tryoniana Pilsbry, 1908
• Pittieria underwoodi (Fulton, 1897)

Subgenus Shuttleworthia H. B. Baker, 1941 include three species:

• Pittieria ambigua (Pfeiffer, 1856)
• Pittieria arborea H. B. Baker, 1941
• Pittieria difficilis (Crosse and Fischer, 1869)

References

References

1. [[Eduard von Martens
2. Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/malacology/mexico-central_america_snail_checklist/index.htm "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA"] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-10-12 . [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/malacology/mexico-central_america_snail_checklist/part4.htm "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)"] {{Webarchive). link. (2016-06-02 . accessed 14 January 2011.)

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