''Fumonelix'' is a
genus of small, 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 ...
mollusc
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 esti ...
s in the
family Polygyridae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Fumonelix'' include:
''Fumonelix''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
*''Fumonelix archeri
''Fumonelix archeri'' (syn. ''Mesodon archeri'') is a species of land snail in the family Polygyridae known commonly as Archer's toothed land snail and Ocoee covert. It is endemic to Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tenn ...
'' – Ocoee covert, Archer's toothed land snail
*''Fumonelix cherohalaensis
''Fumonelix'' is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae
Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfami ...
''[Dourson, D. C. (2012)]
Four new land snail species from the southern Appalachian Mountains.
''Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science'' 128(1), 1-10.
*'' Fumonelix christyi'' – glossy covert
*''Fumonelix jonesiana
''Fumonelix jonesiana'' (syn. ''Mesodon jonesianus'') is a species of land snail in the family Polygyridae. Its common names are Jones' middle-toothed land snail and big-tooth covert. It is native to North Carolina and Tennessee in the United Sta ...
'' – big-tooth covert, Jones' middle-toothed land snail
*'' Fumonelix langdoni''[
*'']Fumonelix orestes
''Fumonelix'' is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Fumonelix'' include:Fumonelix roanensis
''Fumonelix'' is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Fumonelix'' include:Fumonelix wetherbyi
''Fumonelix'' is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Fumonelix'' include:Fumonelix wheatleyi
''Fumonelix'' is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae
Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfami ...
'' – cinnamon covert
References
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Polygyridae