Abida is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.
Distribution This is a European genus. It consists of about 10 species, most of which are restricted to the Pyrenees and Cantabrian mountains in France and Spain. Only Abida secale and Abida polyodon occur outside this area.
Species The species in this genus include:Kokshoorn, B. and Gittenberger, E. 2010. Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: New synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zootaxa 2539: 1-62. ImageBinomial nameDistributionAbida attenuataAbida bigerrensisAbida cylindricaAbida gittenbergeriAbida occidentalisAbida partiotiAbida polyodonAbida pyrenaeriaAbida secaleAbida vasconicaAbida vergniesiana
Habitat The species in this genus all are restricted to areas with calcareous rocks, i.e. limestone areas.
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