Kalamantania whiteheadi
Encyclopedia
Kalamantania whiteheadi is a species
of air-breathing land snail
, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae
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Kalamantania whiteheadi is the only species in the genus Kalamantania.
in 1891.
Godwin-Austen's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
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...
, 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 Dyakiidae
Dyakiidae
Dyakiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Dyakioidea ....
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Kalamantania whiteheadi is the only species in the genus Kalamantania.
Description
This species was originally discovered and described as Helicarion (?) whiteheadi by Henry Haversham Godwin-AustenHenry Haversham Godwin-Austen
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen FRS FZS FRGS MBOU , was an English topographer, geologist and surveyor.The eldest son of Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen, Godwin-Austen was born in Teignmouth...
in 1891.
Godwin-Austen's original text (the type description) reads as follows: