Codringtonia
Encyclopedia
Codringtonia is a genus
of air-breathing, land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae
, the typical snails.
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
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, 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 Helicidae
Helicidae
The Helicidae, sometimes known as the typical snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large, air-breathing, land snails. In other words, they are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
, the typical snails.
Species
Species within the genus Codringtonia include:- Codringtonia acarnanica
- Codringtonia codringtonii (Gray, 1834) - rock snailRock snailThe rock snail, scientific name Codringtonia codringtonii, is a species of air-breathing, land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. This species is endemic to Greece....
- type species - Codringtonia elisabethae Subai, 2005
- Codringtonia eucineta (Bourguignat, 1857)
- Codringtonia gittenbergeri Subai, 2005
- Codringtonia helenae Subai, 2005
- Codringtonia intusplicata (Pfeiffer, 1851)
- Codringtonia neocrassa Zilch, 1952
- Codringtonia parnassia (Roth, 1855)