''Azeca'' is a European
genus
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of small 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 ...
s,
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
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s in the family
Cochlicopidae
Cochlicopidae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosome
A chromosome is a long DN ...
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Species
The only known species in the genus ''Azeca'' is:
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Azeca goodalli
''Azeca goodalli'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.
This is the only still existent species in the genus ''Azeca''.
Distribution
This species is known to occ ...
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(A. Férrusac, 1821) - the
type genus
Extinct species
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Azeca baudoni
''Azeca'' is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Species
The only known species in the genus ''Azeca'' is:
* '' Azeca goodalli'' (A. Férrusac, 1821) - the ...
'' Michaud, 1862 †
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Azeca boettgeri
''Azeca'' is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Species
The only known species in the genus ''Azeca'' is:
* '' Azeca goodalli'' (A. Férrusac, 1821) - the ...
'' Andreae, 1884 †
* ''
Azeca frechi
''Azeca'' is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Species
The only known species in the genus ''Azeca'' is:
* '' Azeca goodalli'' (A. Férrusac, 1821) - the ...
'' Andreae, 1902 †
* ''
Azeca lemoinei
''Azeca'' is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Species
The only known species in the genus ''Azeca'' is:
* '' Azeca goodalli'' (A. Férrusac, 1821) - the ...
'' (Cossmann, 1889) †
* ''
Azeca loryi
''Azeca'' is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Species
The only known species in the genus ''Azeca'' is:
* '' Azeca goodalli'' (A. Férrusac, 1821) - the ...
'' Michaud, 1862 †
* ''
Azeca lubricella
''Azeca'' is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Species
The only known species in the genus ''Azeca'' is:
* '' Azeca goodalli'' (A. Férrusac, 1821) - the ...
'' O. Boettger, 1870 †
* ''
Azeca miliolum
''Azeca'' is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Species
The only known species in the genus ''Azeca'' is:
* '' Azeca goodalli'' (A. Férrusac, 1821) - the ...
'' Paladilhe, 1873 †
* ''
Azeca moljavkoi
''Azeca'' is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Species
The only known species in the genus ''Azeca'' is:
* '' Azeca goodalli'' (A. Férrusac, 1821) - the ...
'' Prysjazhnjuk in Gozhik & Prysjazhnjuk, 1978 †
* ''
Azeca monocraspedon
''Azeca'' is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Species
The only known species in the genus ''Azeca'' is:
* '' Azeca goodalli'' (A. Férrusac, 1821) - the ...
'' Slavík, 1869 †
* ''
Azeca paramonovae'' Prisyazhnyuk in Luleva & Prisyazhnyuk, 1990 †
* ''
Azeca peneckei'' Andreae, 1892 †
* ''
Azeca perspicua'' Brusina, 1902 †
* ''
Azeca pumila'' Slavík, 1869 †
* ''
Azeca sexdentata
''Azeca'' is a European genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Species
The only known species in the genus ''Azeca'' is:
* ''Azeca goodalli'' (A. Férrusac, 1821) - the ...
'' Gottschick, 1920 †
* ''
Azeca tridentiformis'' (Gottschick, 1911) †
* ''
Azeca vitrea'' Klika, 1891 †
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
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AnimalBase info at
* Black-and-white image of shell a
Bourguignat, J.-R. (1859). Aménités Malacologiques. § LXVIII. Notice monographique sur le genre Azeca. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. (2) 10 (12) [“1858” 527-545, pl. 18; (2) 11 (1): 16-21. Paris (≥ January; > January). [= Aménités Malacologiques, Tome second (livr. 5): 85-109, pl. 14 (1859). Paris]
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