Semilimax
Encyclopedia
Semilimax is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vitrinidae
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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 Vitrinidae
Vitrinidae
Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea ....
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Species
The genus Semilimax includes the following species:- Semilimax carinthiacus (Westerlund, 1886)
- Semilimax kotulaeSemilimax kotulaeSemilimax kotulae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae....
(Westerlund, 1883) - Semilimax pyrenaicusSemilimax pyrenaicusSemilimax pyrenaicus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae.-Distribution:This species is known to occur in:* Ireland* France-References:* AnimalBase info at:...
(A. Férussac, 1821) - Semilimax semilimaxSemilimax semilimaxSemilimax semilimax is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in:* Czech Republic...
(A. Férussac, 1802)