Lignus 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 air-breathing tropical

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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s in the subfamily Achatininae of 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 ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lignus Gray, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995605 on 2021-05-08

Species

* '' Lignus alabaster'' (Rang, 1831) * '' Lignus batesi'' (Preston, 1909) * ''

Lignus belli Lignus is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lignus Gray, 1834. Accessed through: World Regist ...

'' (Germain, 1908) * '' Lignus cailleanus'' (Morelet, 1848) * '' Lignus efulensis'' (Preston, 1909) * '' Lignus interstinctus'' (Gould, 1843) * '' Lignus mucidus'' (Gould, 1850) * ''

Lignus solimanus Lignus is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lignus Gray, 1834. Accessed through: World Regist ...

'' (Morelet, 1848) * ''

Lignus tenuis Lignus is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lignus Gray, 1834. Accessed through: World Regist ...

'' Gray, 1834 * ''

Lignus verdieri Lignus is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lignus Gray, 1834. Accessed through: World Regist ...

'' (Chaper, 1885) * ''

Lignus zegzeg Lignus is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Achatininae of the family Achatinidae Achatinidae (New Latin, from Greek "''agate''") is a family of medium to large sized tr ...

'' (Morelet, 1848) ;Taxon inquirendum: * ''Lignus turbinatus'' (I. Lea, 1841)

References

* Morelet, A., 1848 Revue zoologique. * Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017

External links

Gray, J. E. (1834). Land and freshwater shells hitherto undescribed. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1834) 2: 63-68

Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852
Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein.]
Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Mollusken. Notitiae Malacologicae. 1: 1-90, pls 1-9
Achatinidae {{Achatinidae-stub