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Pomatias 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 small operculate

Operculum (gastropod)

The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...

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...

gastropod mollusks gastropod in the family Pomatiidae

Pomatiidae

The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae....

Species

Species within the genus Pomatias include:

Pomatias elegans
Pomatias elegans
Pomatias elegans, common name the round-mouthed snail, is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.-Distribution:...

(Müller, 1774) - Round-mouthed Snail
Pomatias raricosta
Pomatias raricosta
Pomatias raricosta is a species of gastropod in the Pomatiidae family.It is endemic to Spain....
Pomatias rivulare (Eichwald, 1829)
Pomatias sulcatum (Draparnaud, 1801)

Species

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