Cecilioides
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Cecilioides is a genus
of very small, air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ferussaciidae
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Most of the species in this genus live some distance underground. They are usually blind. Because of their subterranean habitat and their small size, they can be difficult to find alive.
When fresh, the shells are transparent. After they have been empty some time in the soil, they usually become an opaque milky-white.
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 very 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, 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 Ferussaciidae
Ferussaciidae
Ferussaciidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.This family has no subfamilies...
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Most of the species in this genus live some distance underground. They are usually blind. Because of their subterranean habitat and their small size, they can be difficult to find alive.
When fresh, the shells are transparent. After they have been empty some time in the soil, they usually become an opaque milky-white.
Species
Species within this genus include:- Cecilioides aciculaCecilioides aciculaCecilioides acicula, common name the "blind snail" or "blind awlsnail", is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.This is a subterranean species.- Description :...
(Müller, 1774) - Cecilioides aperta (Guilding in Swainson, 1840)
- Cecilioides blandiana (Crosse, 1880)
- Cecilioides connollyiCecilioides connollyiCecilioides connollyi is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.This species is endemic to Gibraltar....
Tomlin, 1943 - Cecilioides consobrina (d’Orbigny, 1842)
- Cecilioides eulimaCecilioides eulimaCecilioides eulima is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal....
(Lowe, 1854) - Cecilioides gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1850)
- Cecilioides iota (C. B. Adams, 1845)
- Cecilioides nycteliaCecilioides nycteliaCecilioides nyctelia is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.-Distribution:This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal....
(Bourguignat, 1856) - Cecilioides petitianaCecilioides petitianaCecilioides petitiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.This is a subterranean species....
(Benoit, 1862)