''Caracolus'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod 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 in the family
Solaropsidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Caracolus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932622 on 2020-07-27]
Species
Species within the genus ''Caracolus'' include:
* ''
Caracolus albilabris Lamarck, 1816
* † ''
Caracolus aquilonaris''
Bishop, 1979
* ''
Caracolus bicolor''
Lamarck, 1816
* ''
Caracolus bizonalis''
(Deshayes, 1850)
* ''
Caracolus caracolla''
Oken
* ''
Caracolus carinatus''
(Röding, 1798)
* ''
Caracolus carocolla''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Caracolus cimarron''
Espinosa, Fernández-Velázquez & Ortea, 2016
* ''
Caracolus marginella''
(Gmelin, 1791)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Caracolus oculatus''
Montfort, 1810: synonym of ''Caracolus carocolla''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
References
External links
Montfort_P._[Denys_de_(1808-1810)._Conchyliologie_systématique_et_classification_méthodique_des_coquilles._Paris:_Schoell._Vol._1:_pp._lxxxvii_+_409_[1808.html" ;"title="enys de">Montfort P. [Denys de
(1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808">enys de">Montfort P. [Denys de
(1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808 Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16]
Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983 page(s): 120MNHN, Paris: ''Caracolus carinatus'' (Röding, 1798)
Solaropsidae
Gastropod genera
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