''Erepta'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of air-breathing
land snails, a
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 family
Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.
Distribution
The distribution of Helicarionidae includes the eastern Palearctic, Malagasy, In ...
.
Species
Species in the genus ''Erepta'' include:
[Griffiths O. L. & Florens V. F. B. (2006). ''Non-Marine Molluscs of Mascarene Islands''. Bioculture Press, Mauritius. ]
* ''
Erepta mutans''
* ''
Erepta nevilli''
* ''
Erepta chloritiformis'' Griffiths & Florens, 2004
* ''
Erepta odontina
''Erepta odontina'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. This species is Endemism, endemic to List of non-marine molluscs of Mauritius, Mauritius.
...
'' (Morelet, 1851)
* ''
Erepta pyramidalis'' Griffiths & Florens, 2004
* ''
Erepta setiliris'' (Benson, 1859)
* ''
Erepta stylodon'' (
Pfeiffer, 1842)
* ''
Erepta thiriouxi'' (Germain, 1918)
* ''
Erepta wendystrahmi'' Grifiths, 2000
References
Helicarionidae
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