''Elaphroconcha'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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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
Dyakiidae
Dyakiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Some of the species in this family are sin ...
.
The
generic name ''Elaphroconcha'' consist of
Ancient Greek
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word ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) that means "light" and of Ancient Greek word κόγχη (konche) that means "shell" (conch).
Species
The genus ''Elaphroconcha'' includes 10 species:
[Tumpeesuwan C., Naggs F. & Panha S. (31 August 2007) "A new genus and new species of dyakiid snail (Pulmonata: Dyakiidae) from the Phu Phan range, northeastern Thailand". '']Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
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55(2)
: 363-369
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* '' Elaphroconcha internota'' (E. Smith, 1898) - the type species
* '' Elaphroconcha javacensis'' Férrusac, 1821
photo
* ''Elaphroconcha patens
''Elaphroconcha'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae.
The generic name ''Elaphroconcha'' consist of Ancient Greek word ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) that means "light" and of ...
'' E. von Martens, 1898
Description
Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude
Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude (1858 Amsterdam – 8 November 1924) Woodward B. B. (1925). " GERARD PIERRE LAURENT KALSHOVEN GUDE, F.Z.S., ETC. 1858–1924". ''Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London'' 16(5): 205-206. was a malaco ...
described the genus like this:
References
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text from the reference.
External links
* http://www.ne.jp/asahi/dexter/sinister/gallery/genera/Elaphroconcha.html
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Dyakiidae