''Echinix'' is a
genus of air-breathing land
semi-slugs.
''Echinix'' is the only genus in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Echinichinae,
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 ...
mollusks in the superfamily
Xanthonychoidea.
This genus and family was described in December 2012.
Distribution
The subfamily Echinichinae is endemic to states
Tamaulipas and
Querétaro
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...
in northeastern
Mexico.
Species
Species in the genus ''Echinix'' include:
* ''
Echinix ochracea'' Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
* ''
Echinix granulata
''Echinix'' is a genus of air-breathing land semi-slugs. ''Echinix'' is the only genus in the subfamily (biology), subfamily Echinichinae, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Xanthonychoidea. This gen ...
'' Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
* ''
Echinix rugosa'' Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012
Description
Species in the genus ''Echinix'' are
semi-slugs, which have their
shells completely hidden under the
mantle
A mantle is a piece of clothing, a type of cloak. Several other meanings are derived from that.
Mantle may refer to:
*Mantle (clothing), a cloak-like garment worn mainly by women as fashionable outerwear
**Mantle (vesture), an Eastern Orthodox ve ...
.
There are numerous
glandular papillae on the dorsal part of the body.
is a part of its
reproductive system.
References
External links
photo of ''Echinix ochracea'' on the cover of ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde''
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Xanthonychidae
Gastropod genera