Eremarionta
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Eremarionta is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helminthoglyptidae
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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 Helminthoglyptidae
Helminthoglyptidae
The Helminthoglyptidae are a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.This is a large and diverse group of new world snails, ranging in distribution from Alaska through North America to the West Indies, Central America, and as far...
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Species
Species within the genus Helminthoglypta include:- white desert snailWhite desert snailThe White desert snail, scientific name Eremarionta immaculata, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helminthoglyptidae. This species is endemic to the United States.- Further reading :...
(Eremarionta immaculata) - Thousand Palms desert snailThousand Palms desert snailThe Thousand Palms desert snail, scientific name Eremarionta millepalmarum, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. This species is endemic to the United States. Its specific epithet and its common name are named for...
(Eremarionta millepalmarum) - Morongo desert snailMorongo desert snailThe Morongo desert snail, scientific name Eremarionta morongoana, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. This species is endemic to the United States.-References:...
(Eremarionta morongoana)