Rhinodrilus
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Rhinodrilus is a genus
of large South America
n earthworm
s. It belongs to the family
Glossoscolecidae
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This genus consists of the following species
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 large South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
n earthworm
Earthworm
Earthworm is the common name for the largest members of Oligochaeta in the phylum Annelida. In classical systems they were placed in the order Opisthopora, on the basis of the male pores opening posterior to the female pores, even though the internal male segments are anterior to the female...
s. It belongs to the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Glossoscolecidae
Glossoscolecidae
Glossoscolecidae is a large family of earthworms which has native representatives in South and Central America. The species Pontoscolex corethrurus has a circumtropical distribution....
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This genus consists of the following species
- Rhinodrilus alatus
- Rhinodrilus annulatus
- Rhinodrilus appuni
- Rhinodrilus appuni appuni
- Rhinodrilus appuni pavoni
- Rhinodrilus brasiliensis
- Rhinodrilus bursiferus
- Rhinodrilus contortus
- Rhinodrilus duseni
- Rhinodrilus fafnerRhinodrilus fafnerRhinodrilus fafner is a presumed extinct giant earthworm from the family Glossoscolecidae. It is only known by the ill-preserved holotype discovered in 1912 near Belo Horizonte in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and described in 1918 by German zoologist Wilhelm Michaelsen from the National...
(possibly extinct) - Rhinodrilus garbei
- Rhinodrilus hoeflingae
- Rhinodrilus horsti
- Rhinodrilus juncundus
- Rhinodrilus lakei
- Rhinodrilus papillifer
- Rhinodrilus paradoxus
- Rhinodrilus pitun
- Rhinodrilus priollii
- Rhinodrilus romani