''Dryocochlias'' is a
genus
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of small, air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
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 subfamily Helicostylinae of the family
Camaenidae
Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea, the typical snails and their allies. This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora.
Th ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dryocochlias Möllendorff, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995838 on 2021-02-03]
Species
* ''
Dryocochlias butleri''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
* ''
Dryocochlias lacera ''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
* ''
Dryocochlias languida''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1843)
* ''
Dryocochlias metaformis
''Dryocochlias metaformis'' is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae
Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastro ...
''
(Férussac, 1821)
* ''
Dryocochlias rehbeini''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
* ''
Dryocochlias unica''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1843)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
* Schileyko, A. A. (2004). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 12. Bradybaenidae, Monadeniidae, Xanthonychidae, Epiphragmophoridae, Helmintoglyptidae, Elonidae, Humboldtianidae, Spincterochilidae, Cochlicellidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 1627–1763. Moskva
External links
O. F. von. (1898). Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 26-208.
Camaenidae
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