Iberus
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Iberus is a genus
of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae
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This genus is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula
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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 snails, 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 Helicidae
Helicidae
The Helicidae, sometimes known as the typical snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large, air-breathing, land snails. In other words, they are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
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This genus is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
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Species and subspecies
According to the Fauna Europaea this genus contains the following species and subspecies:- Iberus gualtieranusIberus gualtieranusIberus gualtieranus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.Iberus gualtieranus is the type species of the genus Iberus....
- Iberus gualtieranus alonensis
- Iberus gualtieranus campesinus
- Iberus gualtieranus carthaginiensis
- Iberus gualtieranus gualterianus
- Iberus gualtieranus mariae
- Iberus gualtieranus posthumus
- Iberus gualtieranus rhodopeplus
- Iberus marmoratusIberus marmoratusIberus marmoratus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.- Subspecies :Subspecies of Iberus marmoratus include:...
- Iberus marmoratus
- Iberus marmoratus alcarazanus
- Iberus marmoratus cobosi
- Iberus marmoratus guiraoanus
- Iberus marmoratus loxanus
- Iberus marmoratus marmoratus
- Iberus marmoratus rositai