Linisa
Encyclopedia
Linisa is a genus
(or a subgenus under Polygyra
) of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae
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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...
(or a subgenus under Polygyra
Polygyra
Polygyra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.The IUCN listed taxa, Polygyra hippocrepis and Polygyra peregrina, are now usually named Daedalochila hippocrepis and Millerelix peregrina.Polygyra contains the following species and...
) 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...
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 in the family Polygyridae
Polygyridae
Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.The Polygyridae make up a significant proportion of the land snail fauna of eastern North America, and are also found in western North America, northern Central America, and...
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Species
This genus includes the following species and subspecies :- Linisa tamaulipasensisLinisa tamaulipasensisLinisa tamaulipasensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae....
(I. Lea, 1857) - Linisa texasiana (Moricand, 1833)