Granaria frumentum
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Granaria frumentum is a species
of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae
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Granaria frumentum is the type species of genus Granaria
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Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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...
, a 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 mollusk in the family Chondrinidae
Chondrinidae
Chondrinidae is a family of mostly minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Pulmonata.-Anatomy:In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 ....
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Granaria frumentum is the type species of genus Granaria
Granaria
Granaria is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae.-Species:Species within the genus Granaria include:* Granaria arabica...
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Distribution
Distribution of this species is central-European and southern-European.- Czech Republic - near threatened (NT)
- Poland - critically endangeredCritically endangeredVersion 2010.3 of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 3744 Critically Endangered species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and subpopulations.Critically Endangered by kingdom:*1993 Animalia*2 Fungi*1745 Plantae*4 Protista-References:...
(CR) - Slovakia
- and others