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''Beckianum'' is a
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 ...
s,
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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 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 ...
s. This genus in the family
Achatinidae Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "''agate''") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa. Well known species include ''Achatina achatina'' the Giant African Snail, and ''Lis ...
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Species

Species within the genus ''Beckianum'' include: * ''
Beckianum beckianum ''Beckianum beckianum'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinidae. Subspecies Subspecies of ''Beckianum beckianum'' include: * ''Beckianum beckianum beckianum'' (L. Pfeif ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1846)"Mollusca"
. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
* '' Beckianum sinistrum'' Martens, 1890 * ''Beckianum'' sp. - besides ''Beckianum beckianum'' and ''Beckianum sinistrum'' there seems to exist another species, endemic to
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Pérez A. M., Sotelo M., Arana I. & López A. (2008). "Diversidad de moluscos gasterópodos terrestres en la región del Pacífico de Nicaragua y sus preferencias de hábitat". ''
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References

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