Chiliborus Pilsbry, 1926

Araya, Juan Francisco & Catalan, Ricardo, 2014, A review of the non-bulimulid terrestrial Mollusca from the Region of Atacama, northern Chile, ZooKeys 398, pp. 33-51 : 39

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.398.4282

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scientific name

Chiliborus Pilsbry, 1926
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Genus Chiliborus Pilsbry, 1926

Type species.

Bulinus chilensis Sowerby I, 1833, by subsequent designation (Klappenbach and Olazarri 1970).

The genus and type species are extant and endemic to Chile; protoconchs of all species of the genus have a characteristic spiral striation.