Eudolichotis
Encyclopedia
Eudolichotis is a genus
(or subgenus of Plekocheilus
) of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae
.
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...
(or subgenus of Plekocheilus
Plekocheilus
Plekocheilus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Species :Species within the genus Plekocheilus include:subgenus Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828...
) 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 Orthalicidae
Orthalicidae
Orthalicidae are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the informal group Sigmurethra of the clade Stylommatophora...
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Species
Species in the genus Eudolichotis include:- Eudolichotis distortaEudolichotis distortaEudolichotis distorta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in:* Brazil* El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela- External links :...
(Bruguière, 1789) - in Brazil and Venezuela - Eudolichotis euryomphalaEudolichotis euryomphalaEudolichotis euryomphala is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in:* El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela- External links :...
Jonas http://www.gbif.net/species/browse/resource/1104/taxon/6500679/ in Venezuela - Eudolichotis lacerta (Pfeiffer, 1855) - in Brazil
- Plekocheilus aurissciuri (Guppy, 1866) - Plekocheilus (Eudolichotis) aurissciuri (Guppy, 1866)