''Helicophanta'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s, a
terrestrial
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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
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 ...
s
mollusk
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s in the family
Acavidae
Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Anatomy
In this family, the number of ...
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Species
Species within the genus ''Helicophanta'' include:
* ''
Helicophanta amphibulima''
* ''
Helicophanta betsiloensis''
* ''
Helicophanta bicingulata''
* ''
Helicophanta falconeri''
* ''
Helicophanta farafanga''
* ''
Helicophanta geayi''
* ''
Helicophanta gloriosa
''Helicophanta gloriosa'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae
Acavidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollus ...
''
* ''
Helicophanta goudotiana''
* ''
Helicophanta guesteriana''
* ''
Helicophanta ibaraoensis''
* ''
Helicophanta magnifica''
* ''
Helicophanta oviformis''
* ''
Helicophanta petiti''
* ''
Helicophanta socii''
* ''
Helicophanta souverbiana''
* ''
Helicophanta vesicalis''
File:Helicophanta bicingulata 01.JPG, Helicophanta bicingulata
File:Helicophanta geayi 01.JPG, Helicophanta geayi
File:Helicophanta_gloriosa_01.JPG, Helicophanta gloriosa
File:Helicophanta vesicalis 01.JPG, Helicophanta vesicalis
References
Acavidae
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