Palikirus
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Palikirus is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Charopidae
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It contains the following species:
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
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...
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 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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It contains the following species:
- Palikirus cosmetusPalikirus cosmetusPalikirus cosmetus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae. This species is endemic to Micronesia.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Palikirus ponapicusPalikirus ponapicusPalikirus ponapicus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae. It is endemic to Micronesia.-Source:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....