''Gomphroa'' is a
genus
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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 ...
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
Azecidae
Azecidae is a family of small and very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Azecoidea
Azecoidea is a superfamily of small and very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gomphroa Westerlund, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998739 on 2021-03-13]
Species
Species in the genus ''Gomphroa'' include:
* ''
Gomphroa bisacchii''
(Giusti, 1970)
* ''
Gomphroa boissii
''Gomphroa'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Azecidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gomphroa Westerlund, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Dupuy, 1851)
* ''
Gomphroa cylindracea''
(Calcara, 1840)
* ''
Gomphroa dohrni''
(Paulucci, 1882)
* ''
Gomphroa emiliana
''Gomphroa'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Azecidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gomphroa Westerlund, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Bourguignat, 1859)
* ''
Gomphroa etrusca
''Gomphroa'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Azecidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gomphroa Westerlund, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Paulucci, 1886)
* ''
Gomphroa incerta
''Gomphroa'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Azecidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gomphroa Westerlund, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Bourguignat, 1859)
* ''
Gomphroa remyi''
(O. Boettger, 1949)
* ''
Gomphroa zirjensis
''Gomphroa'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Azecidae
Azecidae is a family of small and very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfam ...
''
(Štamol, Manganelli, Barbato & Giusti, 2018)
References
External links
Westerlund, C. A. (1903). Methodus dispositionis Conchyliorum extramarinorum in regione palaearctica viventium, familias, genera, subgenera et stirpes sistens. Rada Jugoslavenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti. 151 ["1902"]: 82-139, Zagreb. (Actis Academiae Scientiarum et Artium Slavorum Meridionalium) Manganelli, G., Barbato, D., Pieńkowska, J. R., Benocci, A.; Lesicki, A. & Giusti, F. (2019). Unravelling the tangle of the azecid land snails: a survey on the supraspecific systematics based on comparative morphology and molecular phylogeny (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Orthurethra). Folia Malacologica. 27(4): 253-291
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Azecidae