Backeljaia

Backeljaia
Shell of Backeljaia gigaxii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Helicoidei
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Backeljaia Chueca, Gómez-Moliner, Madeira & Pfenninger, 2018
Type species
Helix caperata var. gigaxii L. Pfeiffer, 1847

Backeljaia is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae,^[1] the hairy snails and their allies.

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Backeljaia include:

• Backeljaia camporroblensis (Fez, 1944)
• Backeljaia corbellai (Martínez-Ortí, 2011)
• Backeljaia gigaxii (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
• Backeljaia najerensis (Ortiz de Zárate y López, 1950)

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• Chueca, L. J., Gómez-Moliner, B. J., Madeira, M. J. & Pfenninger, M. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of Candidula (Geomitridae) land snails inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers reveals the polyphyly of the genus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 357-368