Fectola

Fectola infecta, from here.

Belongs within: Punctoidea.

Fectola is a New Zealand genus of small snails whose shell has a simple aperture with the ribbing and termination of the aperture inclined forwards (Powell 1961).

<==Fectola Iredale 1915P61
|--*F. infecta (Reeve 1852) [=Helix infecta]P61
|--F. alpestris (Suter 1891)P61
|--F. brouni (Suter 1891)P61
|--F. buccinella (Reeve 1852)P61
|--F. colensoi (Suter 1890)P61
|--F. eremita (Suter 1891)P61
|--F. irregularis (Suter 1890)P61
|--F. marsupialis Powell 1941P61
|--F. mutabilis (Suter 1891)P61
|--F. otagoensis (Suter 1899)P61
|--F. reeftonensis (Suter 1892)P61
|--F. roseveari (Suter 1896)P61
|--F. serpentinula (Suter 1891)P61
|--F. sterkiana (Suter 1891)P61
|--F. subinfecta (Suter 1899)P61
|--F. tapirina (Hutton 1883)P61
`--F. variecostata (Suter 1890)P61

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[P61] Powell, A. W. B. 1961. Shells of New Zealand: An illustrated handbook 4th ed. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited: Christchurch.

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