''Elasmias'' is a
genus of
tropical tree-living 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,
arboreal 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 family
Achatinellidae.
''Elasmias'' is the type genus of the tribe
Elasmiatini.
Species
Species within the genus ''Elasmias'' include:
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Elasmias cernicum
''Elasmias cernicum'' is a species of tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snail, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is found in Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe ...
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Elasmias jaurffreti
''Elasmias jaurffreti'' is a species of tropical tree-living air-breathing land snail, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe ...
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Elasmias kitaiwojimanum
''Elasmias kitaiwojimanum'' is a species of tropical tree-living, air-breathing, land snails, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ...
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Elasmias quadrasi
''Elasmias quadrasi'' is a species of tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snails, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae. This species is found in Guam and Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana ...
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Elasmias wakefieldiae
''Elasmias wakefieldiae'', also known as Wakefield's miniature treesnail, is a species of tree snail that is endemic to Australia.
Description
The globose, ovately conical shell of adult snails is 2.4–2.6 mm in height, with a diameter ...
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Cox, 1868
References
Achatinellidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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