Gastrocopta
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Gastrocopta is a genus
of minute air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
s in the family Vertiginidae
, the vertigo snails.
Gastrocopta is the type genus
of the subfamily Gastrocoptinae.
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 minute 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 or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s in the family Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Distribution :...
, the vertigo snails.
Gastrocopta 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 Gastrocoptinae.
Species
Species within the genus Gastrocopta include:- Gastrocopta armiferaGastrocopta armiferaGastrocopta armifera, common name the armed snaggletooth, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae.- Distribution :...
- Gastrocopta barbadensis (Pfeiffer, 1853)
- Gastrocopta contractaGastrocopta contractaGastrocopta contracta, common name the bottleneck snaggletooth, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.- Distribution :...
(Say, 1822) - Gastrocopta boninensisGastrocopta boninensisGastrocopta boninensis is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails. This species is endemic to Japan.-References:...
- Gastrocopta chichijimanaGastrocopta chichijimana†Gastrocopta chichijimana was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae.This snail was endemic to Japan. It is now considered to be extinct....
- Gastrocopta iheringi
- Gastrocopta oblonga
- Gastrocopta ogasawaranaGastrocopta ogasawarana†Gastrocopta ogasawarana was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae. This snail was endemic to Japan. This species is now extinct.-References:...
- Gastrocopta pellucidaGastrocopta pellucidaGastrocopta pellucida is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.- Subspecies :Subspecies within this species include:...
(Pfeiffer, 1840) - Gastrocopta pentodonGastrocopta pentodonGastrocopta pentodon, common name the comb snaggletooth, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.- External links :*...
- Gastrocopta rupicola
- Gastrocopta rupicola marginalba (Pfeiffer, 1840)
- Gastrocopta servilis (Gould, 1843)
- Gastrocopta solitaria