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Ena (genus)
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Ena is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae
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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, 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 Enidae
Enidae
Enidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Anatomy :In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 21 and 25 .- 1998 taxonomy :...
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Species
Species within the genus Ena include:- Ena montanaEna montanaEna montana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in European countries and islands including: * Czech Republic...
- Ena nogellii (Roth, 1850) - synonym: Buliminus ponticus Retowski, 1886
- Ena menkhorsti Hausdorf & Bank, 2001
- Ena dazimonensis Hausdorf & Bank, 2001