Sinoennea
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Sinoennea is a genus of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Diapheridae
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, China, Malaysian Peninsula in Malaysia, Sumatra, Japan and South Korea.
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 Diapheridae
Diapheridae
Streptaxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Streptaxoidea.Sutcharit et al. established the new family Diapheridae within the superfamily Streptaxoidea in 2010.- Genera:...
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Distribution
The distribution of Sinoennea includes India, IndochinaIndochina
The Indochinese peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. It lies roughly southwest of China, and east of India. The name has its origins in the French, Indochine, as a combination of the names of "China" and "India", and was adopted when French colonizers in Vietnam began expanding their territory...
, China, Malaysian Peninsula in Malaysia, Sumatra, Japan and South Korea.
Species
Species in the genus Sinoennea include:- Sinoennea kanchingensis Tomlin, 1948
- Sinoennea ridley (Piele, 1926)
Further reading
- Berry A. J. (1963). "The anatomy of two Malayan limestone hill Streptaxidae, Sinoennea kanchingensis Tomlin and Oophana diaphanopepla van Benthem Jutting, with special reference to the genital system". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 35: 139-150.