Euonyma Purcelli
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''Euonyma'' is a genus of small tropical 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, 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 ...
mollusks in the family Achatinidae.


Species

The genus ''Euonyma'' includes: * ''
Euonyma curtissima ''Euonyma curtissima'' is a species of small tropical air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. This species is endemic to Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , ...
'' Verdcourt * ''
Euonyma laeocochlis ''Euonyma laeocochlis'' is a species of an air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. ''E. laeocochlis'' is the type species of the genus ''Euonyma''.Herbert D. (2006). "Rediscovery of the ty ...
'' (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896) - type speciesHerbert D. (2006). "Rediscovery of the type species of ''Euonyma'' (Subulinidae) and observations on South African species of ''Gulella'' (Streptaxidae), with description of two new species (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata)". ''
Journal of Natural History The ''Journal of Natural History'' is a scientific journal published by Taylor & Francis focusing on entomology and zoology. The journal was established in 1841 under the name ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.'') an ...
'' 40(17-18): 1063-1081. .


References

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