''Allopeas'',
common name
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the "awl snails", is a
genus
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of small, tropical, air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial pulmonate
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Achatinidae.
Species
The genus ''Allopeas'' includes the following species:
* ''
Allopeas clavulinum'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) - spike awlsnail
* ''
Allopeas gracile'' (Hutton, 1834) - graceful awlsnail - type species
* ''
Allopeas mauritianum'' (Pfeiffer, 1852) - Mauritian awlsnail
* ''
Allopeas micra'' (d’Orbigny, 1835)
[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". '']Zoologische Mededelingen
''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appeared ...
'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
* ''
Allopeas myrmekophilos'' R. Janssen, 2002
References
External links
Subulininae
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