Subulina
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Subulina is a genus
of small tropical air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae
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Subulina is the type genus
of the family Subulinidae.
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 tropical 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 Subulinidae
Subulinidae
Subulinidae is a family of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.- Anatomy :...
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Subulina is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the family Subulinidae.
Species
The genus Subulina includes the following species:- Subulina angustior
- Subulina mamillata
- Subulina manampetsaensis
- Subulina nevilli
- Subulina normalis
- Subulina octogona
- Subulina octonaSubulina octonaSubulina octona is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.- Distribution :The native distribution of this species includes:* Caribbean* Cuba...
(Bruguière, 1798) - miniature awlsnail - Subulina quayaquilensis
- Subulina striatellaSubulina striatellaSubulina striatella is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.This species is native in tropical West Africa. It is introduced in the Mascarene Islands: ....
(Rang, 1831) - Subulina sylvaticus
- Subulina usambaricaSubulina usambaricaSubulina usambarica is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.-Distribution:The species is endemic to Tanzania....
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