''Apula'' is an extinct
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
, a
terrestrial 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 includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the subfamily Klikiinae † of the family
Elonidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * † At: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=933856 on 2021-02-12]
Soecies
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Apula amberti''
(Michaud, 1855)
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Apula catantostoma''
(F. Sandberger, 1872)
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Apula coarctata''
(Klein, 1853)
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Apula devexa
''Apula'' is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Klikiinae † of the family Elonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 †. Accessed through: ...
''
(Reuss, 1861)
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Apula escoffierae''
(Fontannes, 1881)
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Apula fraudulosa
''Apula'' is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Klikiinae † of the family Elonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 †. Accessed through: ...
''
(Steklov, 1966)
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Apula goniostoma
''Apula'' is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Klikiinae † of the family Elonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 †. Accessed through: ...
''
(Sandberger, 1872)
* † ''
Apula koehnei
''Apula'' is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Klikiinae † of the family Elonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 †. Accessed through: ...
''
(Schlickum & Strauch, 1972)
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Apula magna
''Apula'' is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Klikiinae † of the family Elonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 †. Accessed through: ...
''
(Lueger, 1981)
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Apula planispira
''Apula'' is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Klikiinae † of the family Elonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 †. Accessed through: ...
''
(Lueger, 1981)
* † ''
Apula steinheimensis
''Apula'' is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Klikiinae † of the family Elonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Apula C. R. Boettger, 1909 †. Accessed through: ...
''
(Jooss, 1918)
* † ''
Apula vindobonensis
''Apula'' is an extinct genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or moll ...
''
(Harzhauser & H. Binder, 2004)
References
* Schlickum, W.R.; Strauch, F. (1972). Zwei neue Landschneckengattungen aus dem Neogen Europas. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 102: 71–76.
External links
Boettger, C.R. (1909). Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der europäischen Heliciden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 41(1): 1-19
Elonidae
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