Klikia
genus of molluscs
Klikia is a genus of fossil air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Elonidae.
This genus is named after Bohumil Klika (1868-1942, also known as Gottlieb Klika), the author of the 1891 book Die tertiaeren Land- und Süsswasser-Conchylien des nord-westlichen Böhmen.
Original description
The genus Klikia was originally described by Henry Augustus Pilsbry in 1895.
Pilsbry's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
Section Klikia Pilsbry, 1894.
Shell depressed-globose, narrowly umbilical, with convex, obtuse spire and round periphery. Surface costulate-striate and
minutely papillae in regular diamond pattern. Last whorl constricted behind the lip, which is well reflexed and thickened. Type
H. osculum Thomae, pl. 71, fig. 49.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6420860. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1868, 1942, 1891 and 1895.
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