Petasina
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Petasina is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial animal
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae
, the hairy snails and their allies.
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...
, a terrestrial animal
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 Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.-Anatomy:...
, the hairy snails and their allies.
Species
This genus contains the following species:- Petasina bakowskiiPetasina bakowskiiPetasina bakowskii is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies....
(Polinski, 1924) - Petasina bielziPetasina bielziPetasina bielzi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.- Distribution :Distribution of this species is Eastern-Carpathian.* Slovakia...
(Bielz, 1860) - Petasina edentulaPetasina edentulaPetasina edentula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies....
(Draparnaud, 1805) - Petasina filicinaPetasina filicinaPetasina filicina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.- Distribution :Distribution of this species is eastern-Alpine.* Slovakia...
(Pfeiffer, 1841) - Petasina leucozona (Pfeiffer, 1828)
- Petasina lurida (Pfeiffer, 1828)
- Petasina subtectaPetasina subtectaPetasina subtecta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. It is endemic to Austria....
(Polinski, 1929) - Petasina unidentataPetasina unidentataPetasina unidentata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies....
(Draparnaud, 1805) - type speciesType speciesIn biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...