''Dentellaria'' 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
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
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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
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s in the family
Pleurodontidae
Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pleurodontidae Ihering, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996650 on 2021-02-18]
Species
Species within the genus ''Dentellaria'' include:
* ''
Dentellaria amabilis''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
* ''
Dentellaria anomala''
(Pfeiffer, 1849)
* ''
Dentellaria atavus''
(Pfeiffer, 1859)
* ''
Dentellaria bronni'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Dentellaria candescens''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
* ''
Dentellaria cara''
(C. B. Adams, 1849)
* ''
Dentellaria catadupae''
(H. B. Baker, 1935)
* ''
Dentellaria invalida''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
* ''
Dentellaria okeniana
''Dentellaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
* ''
Dentellaria pallescens''
(C. B. Adams, 1851)
* ''
Dentellaria peracutissima''
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
* ''
Dentellaria perplexa''
(Férussac, 1832)
* ''
Dentellaria picturata
''Dentellaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
''
(C. B. Adams, 1849)
* ''
Dentellaria schroeteriana''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
* ''
Dentellaria simson''
(Pfeiffer, 1852)
* ''
Dentellaria sinuata''
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
* ''
Dentellaria sloaneana
''Dentellaria sloaneana'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Dentellaria sloaneana (L. Pfeiffer, 1868). Accessed through: World ...
''
(Pfeiffer, 1868)
* ''
Dentellaria strangulata''
(C. B. Adams, 1849)
* ''
Dentellaria tridentina''
(Férussac, 1832)
* ''
Dentellaria valida
''Dentellaria'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dentellaria Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
;Synonyms:
* ''Dentellaria pachygastra''
(Gray, 1834): synonym of
Pleurodonte pachygastra
''Pleurodonte'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pleurodontinae of the family Pleurodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleurodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1807. Acces ...
(Gray, 1834)
* ''Dentellaria tridentula''
Miller, 1878: synonym of ''Isomeria bituberculata'' (
L. Pfeiffer, 1853): synonym of ''
Isomeria bourcieri''
(Reeve, 1852) (junior synonym)
* ''Dentellaria latidentata''
Miller, 1878: synonym of ''Isomeria bituberculata''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1853): synonym of ''
Isomeria bourcieri''
(Reeve, 1852) (junior synonym)
References
External links
Schumacher C.F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
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Gastropod genera