Zachrysia
Encyclopedia
Zachrysia is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae
or Pleurodontidae
.
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
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...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae
Camaenidae
Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora....
or Pleurodontidae
Pleurodontidae
Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.This family is classified within the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata...
.
Species
Species within the genus Zachrysia include:- Zachrysia auricomaZachrysia auricomaZachrysia auricoma is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae or Pleurodontidae.- Distribution :...
(Férussac, 1821) - Zachrysia provisoriaZachrysia provisoriaZachrysia provisoria is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae or Pleurodontidae.- Description :...
(Pfeiffer, 1858) - Zachrysia trinitariaZachrysia trinitariaZachrysia trinitaria is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae or Pleurodontidae.- Distribution :...
(Pfeiffer)
Further reading
- Pilsbry H. A. (1928). "Studies on West Indian Mollusks: The Genus Zachrysia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 80(1928): 581-606. JSTOR.