Libera (gastropod)
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Libera is a genus
of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae
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Originally the genus Libera was placed within the family Charopidae
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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 air-breathing land snails, 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 Endodontidae
Endodontidae
Endodontidae is a taxonomic family of very small air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea....
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Originally the genus Libera was placed within the family Charopidae
Charopidae
Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea .- Subfamilies and genera :The family Charopidae consists of the following subfamilies:* Charopinae Hutton, 1884 - synonyms:...
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Species
Species in the genus Libera include:- Libera bursatella (Gould, 1876)
- Libera bursatella bursatella (Gould, 1876)
- Libera bursatella orofenensis Solem, 1976
- Libera cookeana Solem, 1976
- Libera dubiosa (Ancey, 1889)
- Libera fratercula (Pease, 1867)
- Libera fratercula fratercula (Pease, 1867)
- Libera fratercula ratotongensis Solem, 1976
- Libera garrettiana Solem, 1976
- Libera gregaria Garret, 1884
- Libera heynemanni (Pfeiffer, 1862)
- Libera incognata Solem, 1976
- Libera jackquinoti (Pfeiffer, 1850)
- Libera micrasoma Solem, 1976
- Libera recedens Garret, 1884
- Libera retunsa (Pease, 1864)
- Libera spuria (Ancey, 1889)
- Libera streptaxon (Reeve, 1852)
- Libera subcavernulaLibera subcavernulaLibera subcavernula was a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Endodontidae.This species was endemic to the Cook Islands. It is now extinct.-References:...
(Tryon, 1887) - extinct, the type species - Libera tumuloidesLibera tumuloides†Libera tumuloides was a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Endodontidae.This species was endemic to the Cook Islands. It is now extinct.-References:...
(Garrett, 1872) - extinct - Libera umbilicata Solem, 1976
Shell description
The genus Libera was described by Andrew Garrett in 1881. Garrett's type description reads as follows:Life cycle
These snails lay their eggs into the umbilicus of their own shells.External links
- Bishop museum info: http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=9104