Tudorella
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Tudorella is a genus of land snail
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gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae
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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, 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...
gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae
Pomatiidae
The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae....
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Distribution
This genus of land snails inhabits the coasts of the western Mediterranean seaMediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
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Species
Species in the genus Tudorella include:- Tudorella ferruginea (Lamarck, 1822)
- Tudorella mauretanica
- Tudorella sulcataTudorella sulcataTudorella sulcata is a species of land snail which has an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in Algeria, Spain, France, Sardinia, Malta and other areas.- Further reading :...
(Draparnaud, 1805)