Candidula
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Candidula is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae
, the hairy snails and their allies.
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 air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, 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 Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.-Anatomy:...
, the hairy snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus Candidula include:- Candidula arganica
- Candidula belemensis
- Candidula camporroblensis
- Candidula castriota
- Candidula cavannae
- Candidula codia
- Candidula fiorii
- Candidula gigaxiiCandidula gigaxiiCandidula gigaxii is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.-Distribution:...
- Candidula grovesiana
- Candidula intersectaCandidula intersectaCandidula intersecta is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.This snail can be a pest species in agricultural settings.-Distribution:...
- Candidula lernaea
- Candidula najerensis
- Candidula olisippensis
- Candidula rhabdotoides
- Candidula rocandioi
- Candidula setubalensisCandidula setubalensisCandidula setubalensis is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.This species is endemic to Portugal.-References:...
- Candidula soosianaCandidula soosianaCandidula soosiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies....
(J. Wagner, 1933) - Candidula spadae
- Candidula syrensis
- Candidula ultima
- Candidula unifasciataCandidula unifasciataCandidula unifasciata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.- Distribution :This species occurs in European countries and islands including:...
(Poiret, 1801) - Candidula verticillata