''Hygromia'' is a

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of 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 ...

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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 ...

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in the family

Hygromiidae Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. Helicellidae Ihering, 1909 Anatomy Some snails in genera within this family create ...

, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hygromia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882571 on 2021-03-13

Species

Species within the genus ''Hygromia'' include: * † ''

Hygromia carinatissima ''Hygromia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hygromia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' (Sacco, 1886) * ''

Hygromia cinctella ''Hygromia cinctella'', known commonly as the girdled snail, is a small European species of air-breathing land snail, native to the Mediterranean region, that belongs to the terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk subfamily ...

'' Draparnaud, 1801 * ''

Hygromia golasi ''Hygromia golasi'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Andorra , image_flag = Fl ...

'' Prieto & Puente, 1992 * ''

Hygromia limbata ''Hygromia limbata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hygromia limbata (Draparnaud, 1805). Accessed through: World Regist ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1805) * ''

Hygromia montana ''Hygromia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hygromia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' * ''

Hygromia odeca ''Hygromia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hygromia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' (Bourguignat, 1882) * ''

Hygromia riopida ''Hygromia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hygromia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' * ''

Hygromia striolata ''Hygromia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hygromia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' * ''

Hygromia tassyi ''Hygromia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hygromia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' (Bourguignat, 1884) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Hygromia folliculata'' Risso, 1826: synonym of '' Ciliella ciliata'' (W. Hartmann, 1821) (junior synonym) * ''Hygromia kovacsi'' Varga & Pintér, 1972: synonym of ''

Kovacsia kovacsi ''Kovacsia kovacsi'', is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kovacsia kovacsi (Varga & L. P ...

'' (Varga & L. Pintér, 1972) (original combination) * ''Hygromia notophila'' Cockerell, 1924: synonym of '' Lindholmomneme notophila'' (Cockerell, 1924) (original combination) * ''Hygromia radleyi'' Jousseaume, 1894: synonym of '' Landouria radleyi'' (Jousseaume, 1894) (original combination) * ''Hygromia transsylvanica'' (Westerlund, 1876): synonym of '' Lozekia transsylvanica'' (Westerlund, 1876)

References

* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017

External links

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Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, vol. 4. Paris: Levrault. vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12.
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