Oleacina
Encyclopedia
Oleacina is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Oleacinidae
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Oleacina is the type genus of the family Oleacinidae.
in Cuba.
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 Oleacinidae
Oleacinidae
Oleacinidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata .-Anatomy:...
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Oleacina is the type genus of the family Oleacinidae.
Species
Species within the genus Oleacina include:- † Oleacina guadeloupensisOleacina guadeloupensis†Oleacina guadeloupensis was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oleacinidae. It is now extinct.-Distribution:This species was endemic to the island of Guadeloupe in the West Indies....
, now extinct
Ecology
Predators of Oleacina include larvae of firefly bug Alecton discoidalisAlecton discoidalis
Alecton discoidalis is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae, commonly known as the Cuban endemic firefly. The larvae of this species are predators on both pulmonate and operculate land snails. Alecton discoidalis is the type species of the genus Alecton.-Distribution:Alecton is the...
in Cuba.