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A live individual of Noricella oreinos oreinos | |
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Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Genus: | Noricella Neiber, Razkin & Hausdorf, 2017
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Noricella is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. [2] This genus is endemic to Austria. It contains two species, Noricella oreinos and Noricella scheerpeltzi. [3] The name is derived from the ancient Roman province Noricum, which covered large parts of the Austrian Alps.