''Laevaricella'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of tropical, 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 ...

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

Oleacinidae Oleacinidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Laevaricella'' include: * '' Laevaricella glabra'' (Pfeiffer, 1846) * '' Laevaricella guadeloupensis'' (Pfeiffer, 1856) * ''

Laevaricella interrupta ''Laevaricella'' is a genus of tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Oleacinidae. Species Species within the genus ''Laevaricella'' include: * '' Laevaricella glabra'' (Pfeiffer, 1846) * ' ...

'' (Shuttleworth, 1854) * ''

Laevaricella perlucens ''Laevaricella perlucens'' is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oleacinidae. Distribution ''Laevaricella perlucens'' is endemic to Dominica. The type locality is "on Morne ...

'' (Guppy, 1868)Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". ''

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Laevaricella semitarum ''Laevaricella'' is a genus of tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Oleacinidae. Species Species within the genus ''Laevaricella'' include: * '' Laevaricella glabra'' (Pfeiffer, 1846) * ' ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1842) - type species * ''

Laevaricella playa ''Laevaricella'' is a genus of tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Oleacinidae. Species Species within the genus ''Laevaricella'' include: * '' Laevaricella glabra'' (Pfeiffer, 1846) * ' ...

'' H. B. Baker, 1940van der Schalie H. (1948). "The land and fresh-water mollusks of Puerto Rico". ''Miscellaneous Publications'', Museum of Zoology,

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