Eostrobilops
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Eostrobilops is a genus
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
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 Strobilopsidae
Strobilopsidae
Strobilopsidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Taxonomy :...

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Species

The genus Eostrobilops includes the following species:
  • Eostrobilops coreana Pilsbry, 1927
  • Eostrobilops diodontina (Heude)
  • Eostrobilops hirasei
    Eostrobilops hirasei
    Eostrobilops hirasei is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae.The specific name is apparently in honor of Japanese malacologist either of Yoichiro Hirase or of his son Shintaro Hirase .- Taxonomy :Eostrobilops hirasei was...

    (Pilsbry, 1908) - type species
  • Eostrobilops nipponica
    Eostrobilops nipponica
    Eostrobilops nipponica is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae.- Subspecies :* Eostrobilops nipponica nipponica Pilsbry, 1927 - It is vulnerable subspecies....

    Pilsbry, 1927

Further reading

Minato H. (1982). 日本のクチミゾガイ類. "Eostrobilops and Enteroplax from Japan (Strobilopsidae)". 日本貝類学会研究連絡誌 The Chiribotan. CiNii.
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