Sultana (gastropod)

Sultana
Sultana deburghiae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Orthalicidae
Genus: Sultana
Shuttleworth, 1856
Type species
Helix sultana Dillwyn, 1817
Synonyms
  • Orthalicus (Sultana) Shuttleworth, 1856
  • Orthalicus (Trachyorthalicus) Strebel, 1909
  • Sultana (Metorthalicus) Pilsbry, 1899
  • Sultana (Sultana) Shuttleworth, 1856
  • Sultana (Trachyorthalicus) Strebel, 1909

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

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