Sterkia is a genus of minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks which were formerly classified in the family Pupillidae now in the family Vertiginidae instead.
Species Species within the genus Sterkia include: Sterkia antillensis Pilsbry, 1920"Mollusca" . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011. Sterkia bakeri Pilsbry, 1921 Sterkia eyriesii (Drouët, 1859) – Caribbean Birddrop accessed 12 November 2015.
Synonyms Sterkia calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) – Mexican birddrop:"Sterkia Pilsbry, 1898 ". ITIS. accessed 1 August 2010. synonym of Vertigo calamitosa (Pilsbry, 1889) Sterkia clementina (Sterki, 1890) – insular birddrop:Sterkia clementina. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010. synonym of Vertigo clementina (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination) Sterkia hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) – California Birddrop:Sterkia hemphilli. NatureServe Explorer, accessed 1 August 2010. synonym of Vertigo hemphilli (Sterki, 1890) (superseded combination)
References
Nekola, J.C.; Chiba, S.; Coles, B.F.; Drost, C.A.; Proschwitz, T. von; Horsák, M. (2018). A phylogenetic overview of the genus Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1773 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae: Vertigininae). Malacologia. 62(1): 21–161.