''Chersaecia'' is a
genus
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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,
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
Plectopylidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chersaecia Gude, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877817 on 2021-03-09]
Species
Species in the genus ''Chersaecia'' include:
* ''
Chersaecia auffenbergi''
Páll-Gergely, 2018
* ''
Chersaecia austeni''
(Gude, 1899)
* ''
Chersaecia brachyplecta''
(Benson, 1863)
* ''
Chersaecia densegyrata''
Páll-Gergely, 2018
* ''
Chersaecia dextrorsa''
(Benson, 1860)
* ''
Chersaecia feddeni''
(W. T. Blanford, 1865)
* ''
Chersaecia goniobathmos
''Chersaecia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Plectopylidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chersaecia Gude, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Ehrmann, 1922)
* ''
Chersaecia leiophis''
(Benson, 1860)
* ''
Chersaecia leucochila
''Chersaecia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Plectopylidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chersaecia Gude, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Gude, 1898)
* ''
Chersaecia magna
''Chersaecia magna'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Plectopylidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chersaecia magna (Gude, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Gude, 1897)
* ''
Chersaecia mogokensis''
Páll-Gergely, 2018
* ''
Chersaecia nagaensis''
(Godwin-Austen, 1875)
* ''
Chersaecia perarcta''
(W. T. Blanford, 1865)
* ''
Chersaecia perrierae''
(Gude, 1898)
* ''
Chersaecia refuga''
(Gould, 1846)
* ''
Chersaecia reversalis''
Páll-Gergely, 2018
* ''
Chersaecia scabra''
Páll-Gergely, 2018
* ''
Chersaecia shanensis''
(Stoliczka, 1873)
* ''
Chersaecia shiroiensis
''Chersaecia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Plectopylidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chersaecia Gude, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Godwin-Austen, 1875)
* ''
Chersaecia smithiana
''Chersaecia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Plectopylidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chersaecia Gude, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Gude, 1897)
* ''
Chersaecia woodthorpei''
(Gude, 1899)
References
External links
Gude G. K. (1899). Armature of helicoid landshells and new sections of Plectopylis. Science-Gossip. 6(65): 147-149Páll-Gergely B., Budha P.B., Naggs F., Backeljau T. & Asami T. (2015). Review of the genus Endothyrella Zilch, 1960 with description of five new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae). ZooKeys. 529: 1-70
Plectopylidae
Taxa named by William Henry Benson
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