''Homorus'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial pulmonate
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the family
Achatinidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995623 on 2021-03-07]
Species
Species within the genus ''Homorus'' include:
* ''
Homorus arabicus''
(Connolly, 1941)
* ''
Homorus badius''
(E. von Martens, 1889)
* ''
Homorus burnessi''
Connolly, 1923
* ''
Homorus courteti''
Germain, 1907
* ''
Homorus cyanostomus''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
* ''
Homorus ellerbecki''
Kobelt, 1905
* ''
Homorus erlangeri''
Kobelt, 1905
* ''
Homorus fovelolatus''
Preston, 1909
* ''
Homorus garamulatae
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
Kobelt, 1905
* ''
Homorus ginirensis''
Kobelt, 1905
* ''
Homorus martensi
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
(Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901)
* ''
Homorus massonianus
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
Crosse, 1888
* ''
Homorus megaspira
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
(Mabille, 1884)
* ''
Homorus nebulosus
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
(Morelet, 1883)
* ''
Homorus nigellus
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
(Morelet, 1867)
* ''
Homorus obesus
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
Kobelt, 1905
* ''
Homorus omeri
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
Connolly, 1928
* ''
Homorus opeas
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
Pilsbry, 1905
* ''
Homorus perlucida
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
Preston, 1910
* ''
Homorus pyramidellus
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Homorus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
(E. von Martens, 1892)
* ''
Homorus splendens
''Homorus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Ar ...
''
(Thiele, 1910)
;Taxon inquirendum:
* ''Homorus foveolatus''
Preston, 1909 (taxon inquirendum)
References
* Morelet, A., 1868 ''Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles''. In: Voyage du Dr. Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du gourvernement portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguela, p. 102 pp
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
External links
Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 ppPilsbry, H.A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 40: 1-370, pls I-XXII
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