Orculella
Orculella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. The genus Orculella occurs in the whole Mediterranean region. The richest areas in terms of species are Turkey and the Middle East, the Aegean Islands and Libya. A few species inhabit Southern Spain, Sicily and northeastern Africa.
Species in the genera Schileykula and Orculella are indistinguishable based on shell characters only. They differ however in the genitalia, primarily in the presence or absence of a penial appendix.
Species and subspecies
Species and subspecies in the genus Orculella include:Orculella astirakiensis Gittenberger & Hausdorf 2004Orculella brandti Orculella bulgarica bulgarica Orculella bulgarica lamellata Hausdorf, 1996Orculella caabensis Orculella connollyi Orculella creantirudis Gittenberger & Hausdorf 2004Orculella creticostata Gittenberger & Hausdorf 2004Orculella cretilasithi Gittenberger & Hausdorf 2004Orculella cretimaxima Gittenberger & Hausdorf 2004Orculella cretiminuta Gittenberger & Hausdorf 2004Orculella cretioreina Gittenberger & Hausdorf 2004Orculella critica Orculella diensis Gittenberger & Hausdorf 2004Orculella driana Orculella elongata Orculella exaggerata Orculella farzughana Orculella fodela Gittenberger & Hausdorf 2004Orculella franciscoi Gittenberger & Hausdorf 2004Orculella garzanensis Schütt, 1996Orculella gregoryi Orculella? heterostropha commagenensis Orculella? heterostropha heterostropha Orculella ignorata Hausdorf, 1996Orculella kaltenbachi Orculella mayi Orculella menkhorsti menkhorsti Hausdorf, 1996Orculella menkhorsti sinistrorsa Hausdorf, 1996Orculella mesopotamica mesopotamica Orculella mesopotamica riedeli Hausdorf, 1996Orculella multidentata Orculella scalaris Gittenberger & Hausdorf 2004Orculella orientalis Orculella pabsti Orculella? palatalis Orculella pfeiferi Hausdorf 1996Orculella regimaensis Orculella ruderalis urartaeica Hausdorf 1996Orculella sirianocoriensis libanotica Orculella sirianocoriensis sirianocoriensis Orculella striata Orculella templorum templorum Orculella templorum tripolitana Orculella tingitana- ''Orculella tomlini''