Vallonia

Vallonia
A live individual of Vallonia pulchella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Valloniidae
Genus: Vallonia
Risso, 1826
Type species
Vallonia rosalia Risso, 1826
Synonyms
  • Amplexis T. Brown, 1827
  • Circinaria H. Beck, 1837
  • Discus (Nanopatula) Pfeffer, 1930
  • Helix (Circinaria) Beck, 1837 (junior synonym)
  • Helix (Glaphyra) Albers, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Glaphyra Newman, 1840 [Coleoptera])
  • Helix (Pulchelliana) Caziot, 1910 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Circinaria Beck, 1837)
  • Helix (Vallonia) Risso, 1826
  • Helix (Zurama) W. Turton, 1831 ·
  • Nanopatula Pfeffer, 1930
  • Vallonia (Nanopatula) Pfeffer, 1930 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Vallonia (Planivallonia) Schileyko, 1984 (junior synonym)
  • Vallonia (Vallonia) Risso, 1826
  • Zurama W. Turton, 1831 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Circinaria Beck, 1837)

Vallonia is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Valloniidae.

Vallonia is the type genus of the family Valloniidae.