Pleurodonte
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Pleurodonte is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae
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Genus Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817 is considered as a synonym of Pleurodonte by Vera (2008), but Schileyko (2006) consider Dentellaria as a separate genus.
Species within the genus Pleurodonte include:
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 Pleurodontidae
Pleurodontidae
Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.This family is classified within the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata...
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Genus Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817 is considered as a synonym of Pleurodonte by Vera (2008), but Schileyko (2006) consider Dentellaria as a separate genus.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus Pleurodonte include:Species
- Pleurodonte adamsiana Clapp, 1901
- Pleurodonte amabilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
- Pleurodonte anomala (Pfeiffer, 1849)
- Pleurodonte atavus (Pfeiffer, 1859)
- Pleurodonte aureola Swainson
- Pleurodonte bainbridgiiPleurodonte bainbridgiiPleurodonte bainbridgii is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae.It occurs in Jamaica.- External links :* 1895. The Nautilus. ....
(Pfeiffer, 1845) - Pleurodonte barbadensis Lamarck
- Pleurodonte bronni (Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Pleurodonte candescens C. B. Adams, 1850
- Pleurodonte cara (C. B. Adams, 1849)
- Pleurodonte catadupae H. B. Baker, 1935
- Pleurodonte chemnitziana (Pfeiffer, 1845)
- Pleurodonte dentiensPleurodonte dentiensPleurodonte dentiens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae.- Distribution :Distribution of Pleurodonte dentiens include:* Guadeloupe* Dominica* Martinique- Ecology :...
(Férussac, 1822) - † Pleurodonte desidensPleurodonte desidens†Pleurodonte desidens was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae. This species was endemic to Martinique. It is now extinct....
(Rang, 1834) - was endemic to Martinique - Pleurodonte discolor Férussac
- Pleurodonte guadeloupensisPleurodonte guadeloupensisPleurodonte guadeloupensis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae.- Subspecies :...
- Pleurodonte hippocastaneum Lamarck
- Pleurodonte josephinaePleurodonte josephinaePleurodonte josephinae is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae.- Distribution :Distribution of Pleurodonte josephinae include:* Saint Kitts* Nevis* Montserrat* Guadeloupe...
(Férussac, 1832) - Pleurodonte ingens (C. B. Adams, 1850)
- Pleurodonte invalida (C. B. Adams, 1850)
- Pleurodonte lucerna (Müller, 1774)
- Pleurodonte lychnuchus Müller
- Pleurodonte mora Gray in Griffith, 1834
- Pleurodonte nigrescensPleurodonte nigrescensPleurodonte nigrescens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae.- Distribution :Distribution of Pleurodonte nigrescens include:* Guadeloupe* Dominica- Distribution :...
(Wood, 1828) - Pleurodonte okeniana (Pfeiffer, 1845)
- Pleurodonte pallescens (C. B. Adams, 1851)
- Pleurodonte peracutissima (C. B. Adams, 1845)
- Pleurodonte picturata (C. B. Adams, 1849)
- Pleurodonte sinuata (Müller, 1774)
- Pleurodonte sloaneanaPleurodonte sloaneanaPleurodonte sloaneana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae. This species occurs in Jamaica.- External links :*...
(Pfeiffer, 1868) - Pleurodonte soror (Férussac, 1821)
- Pleurodonte strangulata (C. B. Adams, 1849)
- Pleurodonte subacuta (Pfeiffer, 1867)
- Pleurodonte sublucerna (Pilsbry, 1889)
- Pleurodonte tridentina (Férussac, 1832)