Drobacia
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Drobacia is a genus
of medium-sized air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
This genus was formerly a subgenus of the genus Chilostoma
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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 medium-sized 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, the typical snails.
This genus was formerly a subgenus of the genus Chilostoma
Chilostoma
Chilostoma is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails.- Subgenera and species :Subgenera and species within the genus Chilostoma include::...
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Species
Species within the genus Drobacia include:- Drobacia banaticaDrobacia banaticaDrobacia banatica is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.Synonyms of this species include:* Chilostoma banaticum...
(Rossmässler, 1838) - type species - Drobacia maeotica (Wenz, 1926)