Lindholmiola lens
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Lindholmiola lens is a species
of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodontidae
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Lindholmiola lens is the type species of the genus
Lindholmiola
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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
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...
, 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 Helicodontidae
Helicodontidae
Helicodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata .- Taxonomy :...
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Lindholmiola lens is the type species of the genus
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...
Lindholmiola
Lindholmiola
Lindholmiola is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicodontidae.-Species:Species within the genus Lindholmiola include:...
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