Elaphroconcha
Encyclopedia
Elaphroconcha is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae
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The generic name Elaphroconcha consist of Ancient Greek
word ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) that means "light" and of Ancient Greek word κόγχη (konche) that means "shell" (conch).
described the genus like this:
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, 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 Dyakiidae
Dyakiidae
Dyakiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Dyakioidea ....
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The generic name Elaphroconcha consist of Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
word ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) that means "light" and of Ancient Greek word κόγχη (konche) that means "shell" (conch).
Species
The genus Elaphroconcha includes 10 species:- Elaphroconcha internota (E. Smith, 1898) - the type species
- Elaphroconcha javacensis Férrusac, 1821 - photo
- Elaphroconcha patens E. von Martens, 1898
Description
Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven GudeGerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude
Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude was a malacologist from the United Kingdom.- Bibliography :Among his works belongs two volumes of The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma....
described the genus like this: