Phallomedusa
Encyclopedia
Phallomedusa is a genus
of small, air-breathing land snail
s with an operculum
, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc.
Phallomedusa is the only genus in the family Phallomedusidae.
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 small, 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 with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc.
Phallomedusa is the only genus in the family Phallomedusidae.
Species
Species in the genus Phallomedusa include:- Phallomedusa solida (Martens, 1878)
- Phallomedusa austrinaPhallomedusa austrinaPhallomedusa austrina is a species of small, air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Phallomedusidae....
Golding, Ponder & Byrne, 2007