Plekocheilus
Encyclopedia
Plekocheilus is a species
of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae
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subgenus Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828
subgenus Eurytus Albers, 1850
subgenus ?
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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...
, a 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 mollusk in the family Orthalicidae
Orthalicidae
Orthalicidae are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the informal group Sigmurethra of the clade Stylommatophora...
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Species
Species within the genus Plekocheilus include:subgenus Plekocheilus Guilding, 1828
- Plekocheilus aurissileni (Born, 1780) - photo of radula
- Plekocheilus vlceki Breure & Schlögl, 2010
subgenus Eurytus Albers, 1850
- Plekocheilus breweri Breure & Schlögl, 2010
subgenus ?
- Plekocheilus marmoratusPlekocheilus marmoratusPlekocheilus marmoratus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Distribution :* El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela...
(Dunker, 1844)
Further reading
- Breure A. S. H. (1975). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, II. Plekocheilus and Naesiotus". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 46: 71-93, pls. 6-8, tables 8-14.