Cipangocharax
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Cipangocharax is a genus
of tropical land snail
s with an operculum
, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae
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This genus name has occasionally been misspelled as "Cipangochalax".
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 tropical 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 with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae
Cyclophoridae
Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Architaenioglossa belonging to the clade Caenogastropoda .- Taxonomy :This family consists of the following subfamilies according to the taxonomy of...
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This genus name has occasionally been misspelled as "Cipangochalax".
Species
Species within the genus Cipangocharax include:- Cipangocharax akioi Minato & Abe, 1980
- Cipangocharax biexcisusCipangocharax biexcisusCipangocharax kiuchii is a species of small tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae....
H. A. Pilsbry, 1902 - Cipangocharax kiuchiiCipangocharax kiuchiiCipangocharax kiuchii is a species of small tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae.This species is endemic to the limestone region of Tokushima-ken, Japan.- References :*...
Minato & Abe, 1982 - Cipangocharax okamuraiCipangocharax okamuraiCipangocharax okamurai is a species of small tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae.This species is endemic to Japan.-References:...
Azuma, 1980 - Cipangocharax placeonovitas Minato, 1981