Diastole (gastropod)
Encyclopedia
Diastole is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s or semi-slugs, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae
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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 or semi-slugs, 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 Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.- Distribution :...
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Species
Species in the genus Diastole include: http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/PBS/samoasnail/idguide.asp?taxID=49646650- Diastole glaucina Baker, 1938
- Diastole lamellaxis Baker, 1938
- Diastole matafaoi Baker, 1938, Mount Matafao different snailMount matafao different snailThe Mount Matafao different snail, scientific name Diastole matafaoi, was a species of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae....
- Diastole savaii Baker, 1938
- Diastole schmeltziana (Mousson, 1865)
- Diastole tenuistriataDiastole tenuistriataDiastole tenuistriata is a species of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae. This species is endemic to the Pitcairn Islands, a British territory in the southern Pacific Ocean....