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Acavidae
Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: ''Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology''. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs'. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, . 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142. Genera The family Acavidae has no subfamilies. Genera in the family Acavidae include:http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acavidae cited 11 October 2008 * ''Acavus'' Montfort, 1810 * ''Ampelita'' Beck, 1837 * '' Embertoniphanta'' Groh & Poppe, 2002 * '' Eurystyla'' Ancey, 1887 * '' Helicophanta'' Férussac, 1821 * '' Leucotaenius'' Martens, 1860 * '' Oligospira'' Ancey, 1887 * † ''Pebasiconcha'' Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999 - with the only spec ...
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Acavidae
Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: ''Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology''. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs'. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, . 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142. Genera The family Acavidae has no subfamilies. Genera in the family Acavidae include:http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acavidae cited 11 October 2008 * ''Acavus'' Montfort, 1810 * ''Ampelita'' Beck, 1837 * '' Embertoniphanta'' Groh & Poppe, 2002 * '' Eurystyla'' Ancey, 1887 * '' Helicophanta'' Férussac, 1821 * '' Leucotaenius'' Martens, 1860 * '' Oligospira'' Ancey, 1887 * † ''Pebasiconcha'' Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999 - with the only spec ...
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Ampelita
''Ampelita'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. MolluscaBase (2018). Ampelita H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995409 on 2018-11-19 Species Species within the genus ''Ampelita'' include: * '' Ampelita alluaudi'' (Dautzenberg, 1895) * ''Ampelita ambatoensis'' Emberton & Griffiths, 2009 * ''Ampelita andriamamonjyi'' Griffiths & Herbert, 2013 * ''Ampelita atropos'' (Férussac, 1840) * ''Ampelita bathiei'' Fischer-Piette, 1952 * ''Ampelita battistinii'' Fischer-Piette & Garreau, 1965 * ''Ampelita beanka'' Griffiths & Herbert, 2013 * ''Ampelita bizonalis'' Odhner, 1919 * ''Ampelita caderyi'' Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994 * ''Ampelita caduca'' Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975 * ''Ampelita calida'' Fischer-Piette, Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1975 * ''Ampelita calypso'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1861) * ''Ampelita c ...
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Leucotaenius
''Leucotaenius'' is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. Distribution This genus occurs in Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... Species Species within this genus ''Leucotaenius'' include: * '' Leucotaenius favannii'' References Acavidae {{Acavidae-stub ...
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Helicophanta
''Helicophanta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusks in the family Acavidae. Species Species within the genus ''Helicophanta'' include: * '' Helicophanta amphibulima'' * '' Helicophanta betsiloensis'' * '' Helicophanta bicingulata'' * '' Helicophanta falconeri'' * '' Helicophanta farafanga'' * '' Helicophanta geayi'' * ''Helicophanta gloriosa ''Helicophanta gloriosa'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollus ...'' * '' Helicophanta goudotiana'' * '' Helicophanta guesteriana'' * '' Helicophanta ibaraoensis'' * '' Helicophanta magnifica'' * '' Helicophanta oviformis'' * '' Helicophanta petiti'' * '' Helicophanta socii'' * '' Helicophanta souverbiana'' * '' Helicophanta vesicalis'' File:Helicophanta bicingulata 01.JPG, Helicophanta bicingulata File:He ...
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Helicophanta Gloriosa
''Helicophanta gloriosa'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Anatomy In this family, the number o .... Distribution This species occurs in Madagascar. References Acavidae {{Acavidae-stub ...
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Pebasiconcha Immanis
''Pebasiconcha immanis'' is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae. The type locality of ''Pebasiconcha immanis'' is the Miocene Pebas Formation in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazonia.Wesselingh F. P. (2006). "Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia". ''Scripta Geologica'' 133: 19-290. Figure 274abstract Discovery and naming Initially believed to belong to the genus '' Strophocheilus'' by Spix (1827), ''Pebasiconcha'' is a common fossil shell from western Amazonia. Fieldwork in the autumn of 1991 recovered several exceptionally large specimens, however working conditions of the time did not allow the safe transport of entire specimens, which were subsequently broken and disintegrated. However researchers did manage to take photographs of the complete specimens in situ. Later expeditions also failed to produce intact specimens, with the second visit in 1996 only recoverin ...
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Oligospira
''Oligospira'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. These snails are endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an .... Three species are recognized. They have less conical shells with flat tops. Species * '' Oligospira polei'' (Collet, 1899) * '' Oligospira skinneri'' (Reeve, 1854) * '' Oligospira waltoni'' (Reeve, 1842) References External linksPhotos of Oligospira waltoni Deniyaya, Sri Lanka {{Ariophantidae-stub ...
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Acavus
''Acavus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. They belongs to group of tree snails that inhabited the ancient continent of Gondwana over 150 million years ago. These beautiful tree snails are endemic to Sri Lanka. It is present a large intraspecific polymorphism, with the development of various geographical subspecies (among them ''Acavus phoenix phoenix'' and ''Acavus phoenix castaneus''). Species * ''Acavus haemastoma'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Acavus phoenix'' Pfeiffer, 1854 * ''Acavus superbus ''Acavus superbus'' is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. Three subspecies recognized. Description ''Acavus superbus'' has green colored shell and rose brown body. Distribu ...'' Pfeiffer, 1850 References * B. Hausdorfi and Kalika K. Pereira REVISION OF THE GENUS ACAVUS FROM SRI LANKA (GASTROPODA: ACAVIDAE)
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Acavoidea
The Acavoidea are a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra. This taxonomy was based on the study by Nordsieck, published in 1986. Taxonomy Families within the superfamily Acavoidea are as follows: *Family Acavidae Pilsbry, 1895 *Family Caryodidae Conolly, 1915 *Family Dorcasiidae Dorcasiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). The family Dorcasiidae has no subfamilies. ... Conolly, 1915 *Family Macrocyclidae Thiele, 1926 *Family Megomphicidae H.B. Baker, 1930 *Family Strophocheilidae Pilsbry, 1902 References Stylommatophora Gastropod superfamilies {{Heterobranchia-stub ...
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Taxonomy Of The Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in 2005 by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is a system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks. (Gastropods are a taxonomic class of animals which consists of snails and slugs of every kind, from the land, from freshwater, and from saltwater.) The paper setting out this taxonomy was published in the journal ''Malacologia''. The system encompasses both living and extinct groups, as well as some fossils whose classification as gastropods is uncertain. The Bouchet & Rocroi system was the first complete gastropod taxonomy that primarily employed the concept of clades, and was derived from research on molecular phylogenetics; in this context a clade is a "natural grouping" of organisms based upon a statistical cluster analysis. In contrast, most of the previous overall taxonomic schemes for gastropods relied on morphological features to classify these animals, and used taxon ranks such as order, superorder ...
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Pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includes many land and freshwater families, and several marine families. The taxon Pulmonata as traditionally defined was found to be polyphyletic in a molecular study per Jörger ''et al.'', dating from 2010. Pulmonata are known from the Carboniferous Period to the present. Pulmonates have a single atrium and kidney, and a concentrated, symmetrical, nervous system. The mantle cavity is located on the right side of the body, and lacks gills, instead being converted into a vascularised lung. Most species have a shell, but no operculum, although the group does also include several shell-less slugs. Pulmonates are hermaphroditic, and some groups possess love darts. Linnean taxonomy The taxonomy of this group according to the taxonomy of the Ga ...
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Terrestrial Molluscs
Terrestrial molluscs or land molluscs (mollusks) are an ecological group that includes all molluscs that live on land in contrast to freshwater and marine molluscs. They probably first occurred in the Carboniferous, arising from freshwater ones. Characteristics This group includes land snails and land slugs. Loss of the shell has taken place many times in different groups that are not evolutionarily closely related, and land snails and slugs are most often treated together as a single group in specialized malacological literature.Barker G. M. (ed.) The biology of terrestrial molluscs'. CABI Publishing, 2001, 558 pp. .Barker G. M. (ed.) Natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs'. CABI Publishing, 2004, 644 pp. . All terrestrial molluscs belong to the class Gastropoda. However, colonization of the land took place several times during the evolutionary past, and as a result terrestrial molluscs are classified in several different, often not closely related, gastropod taxa. Terrestr ...
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