Balea
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Balea is a genus
of small, very elongate, left-handed, air-breathing land snail
s, sinistral
terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae
, the door snails.
Balea is the type genus
of the subfamily Baleinae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small, very elongate, left-handed, air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, sinistral
Sinistral
Sinistral and dextral are scientific terms that describe chirality or relative direction in a number of disciplines.The terms are derived from the Latin words for “left” and “right” ....
terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae, common name door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
, the door snails.
Balea is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the subfamily Baleinae.
Species
Species within this genus include:- Balea biplicata (Montague, 1803) - synonym: Alinda biplicataAlinda biplicataAlinda biplicata, also known as Balea biplicata, common name the Two lipped door snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.-Distribution:...
- Balea fallax (Rossmässler, 1836)
- Balea heydeniBalea heydeniBalea heydeni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.The shell of this species is sinistral, or left-handed in its coiling. The species has long been overlooked because of confusion with Balea perversa...
Von Maltzan, 1881 - Balea jugularis (Vest, 1859)
- Balea kaeufeli (Brandt, 1962)
- Balea nitida Mousson, 1858
- Balea nordsiecki Dedov & Neubert, 2002
- Balea pancici Pavlović, 1912
- Balea perversaBalea perversaBalea perversa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - the type speciesType speciesIn biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
of the genus - Balea serbica (Möllendorff, 1873)
- Balea stabilis (Pfeiffer, 1847)
- Balea viridana (Rossmässler, 1836)
- Balea vratzatica (Likharev, 1972)
- Balea wagneri (Wagner, 1911)
External links
- Gittenberger E., Groenenberg D. S. J., Kokshoorn B. & Preece R. C. (2006). "Molecular trails from hitch-hiking snails". NatureNature (journal)Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...
439: 409. doi:10.1038/439409a. PDF supplements.