Bertia (gastropod)

Bertia[1] is a genus of air-breathing Asian land snails: they are pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Dyakiidae.

Bertia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Trochomorphoidea
Family: Dyakiidae
Genus: Bertia
Ancey, 1887

Distribution and conservation status
Bertia sp. in Mulu National Park, Sarawak

Bertia spp. have been recorded from the tropical forests of Borneo and Indo-China: all with very local distributions. The species listed below also all appear to be endangered, primarily due to habitat loss but exacerbated by over-collecting.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists:

Note: Bertia brookei (Adams & Reeve, 1848) is a synonym of Exrhysota brookei (Adams & Reeve, 1848)[3] (Chronidae).

References
  1. Ancey C. M. F. (1887). Conch. Exchange 1: 53.
  2. Nguyen, CaoThai: “Bertia Setzeri, a New Species of Land Snail from Vietnam (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Dyakiidae.” Academia.edu, 2010.
  3. GBIF: Bertia brookei (A.Adams & Reeve, 1850); retrieved 2 January 2022
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