Hygromia
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Hygromia is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae
, the hairy snails and their allies.
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 Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.-Anatomy:...
, the hairy snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus Hygromia include:- Hygromia cinctellaHygromia cinctellaHygromia cinctella, sometimes known as the "girdled snail", is a European species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.This species creates and uses love darts in its mating behavior....
Draparnaud, 1801 - Hygromia golasiHygromia golasiHygromia golasi is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Andorra....
Prieto & Puente, 1992 - Hygromia limbataHygromia limbataHygromia limbata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.-Distribution:This species is known to occur in:* Great Britain* France-References:* AnimalBase info at:...
(Draparnaud, 1805) - Hygromia montana
- Hygromia kovacsiHygromia kovacsiHygromia kovacsi, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies....
Varga & Pintér, 1972 - Hygromia riopida
- Hygromia striolata
- Hygromia transsylvanicaHygromia transsylvanicaLozekia transsilvanica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies...