Macrochlamys
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Macrochlamys is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae
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Macrochlamys is the type genus
of the subfamily Macrochlamydinae.
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 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 Ariophantidae
Ariophantidae
Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea .- Distribution :...
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Macrochlamys is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the subfamily Macrochlamydinae.
Species
Species within the genus Macrochlamys include:- Macrochlamys clessini Westerlund, 1902
- Macrochlamys indicaMacrochlamys indicaMacrochlamys indica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in countries including:* India, Lower Bengal, common at Calcutta.* Egypt...
Benson, 1832 - Macrochlamys kasnakowi (Westerlund, 1898)
- Macrochlamys sogdiana (Martens, 1871)
- Macrochlamys turanica Martens, 1874