Tortulosa is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pupinidae.

These snails are restricted to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

34 species are recognized.

Species

  • Tortulosa albescens (Blanford, 1880)
  • Tortulosa aurea (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa austeniana (Benson 1853)
  • Tortulosa barnaclei Tomlin 1928
  • Tortulosa blanfordi (Dohrn, 1862)
  • Tortulosa calcadensis (Blanford, 1869)
  • Tortulosa colletti (Sykes, 1898)
  • Tortulosa congener (Sykes, 1905)
  • Tortulosa connectens (Fulton, 1903)
  • Tortulosa costulata (Blanford, 1880)
  • Tortulosa cumingi (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa decora (Benson, 1853)
  • Tortulosa duplicate (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa eurytrema (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa greeni (Sykes, 1899)
  • Tortulosa haemastoma (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa hartleyi Tomlin 1928
  • Tortulosa layardi (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa leucocheilus (A. Adams & Sowerby, 1866)
  • Tortulosa marginata (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa naggsi Raheem & S. Schneider, 2017 - extinct
  • Tortulosa nevilli (Sykes, 1898)
  • Tortulosa nietneri (Nevill, 1871)
  • Tortulosa presoni (Sykes, 1905)
  • Tortulosa pyramidata (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa recurvata (Pfeiffer, 1862)
  • Tortulosa rugosa (Fulton, 1903)
  • Tortulosa smithi (Sykes, 1905)
  • Tortulosa sykesi (Fulton, 1903)
  • Tortulosa templemani (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa thwaitesi (Pfeiffer 1855)
  • Tortulosa tortuosa (Gray, 1825)

Synonyms

  • Tortulosa huberi Thach, 2018: synonym of Tortulosa tortuosa (Gray, 1825) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Tortulosa schileykoi Thach & F. Huber, 2018: synonym of Tortulosa tortuosa (Gray, 1825) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1948). New Malay land-shells. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 27: 224–225, 1 plate.

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