''Laciniaria'' is a
genus
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of small air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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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 ().
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mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Clausiliinae of the family
Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae, also known by their common name the door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBa ...
, the door snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Laciniaria W. Hartmann, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996075 on 2021-04-19]
Species
Species within the genus ''Laciniaria'' include:
* ''
Laciniaria bajula''
(A. Schmidt, 1868)
* ''
Laciniaria exalta''
(Westerlund, 1878)
* ''
Laciniaria macilenta''
(Rossmässler, 1842)
* ''
Laciniaria plicata''
(Draparnaud, 1801)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Laciniaria erberi''
Frauenfeld, 1867: synonym of ''Strigillaria denticulata erberi''
(Frauenfeld, 1867) (original combination)
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
Nomenclator Zoologicus infoHartmann, J.D.W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten, i-xx
Clausiliidae
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