''Leptinaria'' is a
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of small
tropical
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air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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pulmonate
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Achatinidae
Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "''agate''") is a family of medium to large sized tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks from Africa.
Well known species include ''Achatina achatina'' the Giant African Snail, and ''Lis ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Leptinaria'' include:
* ''
Leptinaria ambigua'' Martens, 1898
* ''
Leptinaria biolleyi'' Martens, 1898
* ''
Leptinaria convoluta'' Martens, 1898
* ''
Leptinaria costaricana'' Martens, 1898
* ''
Leptinaria crenulata'' Martens, 1898
*''
Leptinaria guatemalensis'' (Crosse & Fischer, 1877)
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* Leptinaria hapaloides Martens, 1898Leptinaria interstriata
''Leptinaria'' is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Leptinaria'' include:
* '' Leptinaria ambigua'' Martens, 1898
* '' ...
'' (Tate, 1870)Leptinaria pittieri pittieri
''Leptinaria'' is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Leptinaria'' include:
* '' Leptinaria ambigua'' Martens, 1898
* '' ...
'' Martens, 1898Leptinaria pittieri obliquata
''Leptinaria'' is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Leptinaria'' include:
* '' Leptinaria ambigua'' Martens, 1898
* '' ...
'' Martens, 1898Leptinaria unilamellata
''Leptinaria unilamellata'' is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.
Distribution
''Leptinaria unilamellata'' is a widespread species throughout the Caribbean Ba ...
'' (d’Orbigny, 1837)[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
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'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 - synonym: ''Leptinaria lamellata'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)[Pérez A. M., Sotelo M. & Arana I. (2004). "Altitudinal variation of diversity in landsnail communities from Maderas Volcano, Ometepe Island, Nicaragua. Variación altitudinal de la diversidad en comunidades de gasterópodos del Volcán Maderas, Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua". ''Iberus'' 22(1): 133-145]
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*''Leptinaria'' sp. - endemic from Nicaragua
References
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