''Levantina'' is a
genus
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of 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 ...
s,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
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
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s in the subfamily Helicinae of the family
Helicidae
Helicidae is a large, diverse family (biology), family of small to large, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails."
A number of species in this family are valued as food items, including ''Cornu aspersum'' (formerly ''Heli ...
, the typical snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996430 on 2021-05-08]
Species
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Levantina asagittata
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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Neubert, 1998
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Levantina asira''
Neubert, 1998
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Levantina bellardi''
(Mousson, 1854)
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Levantina caesareana
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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(Mousson, 1854)
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Levantina ceratomma''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
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Levantina chanzirensis''
Kobelt, 1906
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Levantina cilicica''
(Kobelt, 1895)
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Levantina djulfensis''
(Dubois de Montpéreux, 1840)
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Levantina escheriana
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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(Bourguignat, 1864)
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Levantina guttata
''Levantina guttata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the ...
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(Olivier, 1804)
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Levantina kurdistana
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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(L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
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Levantina lithophaga''
(Conrad, 1852)
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Levantina longinqua
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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(Schütt & Subai, 1996)
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Levantina mahanica
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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Kobelt, 1910
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Levantina malziana
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae
Helicidae is a large, diverse family (biology), family of small to large, air-breathing land snai ...
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(L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
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Levantina mardinensis
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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Kobelt, 1900
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Levantina naegelei
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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Kobelt, 1901
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Levantina ninivita
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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(Galland, 1885)
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Levantina rechingeri
''Levantina rechingeri'' is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Helicidae
Helicidae is a large, diverse family (biology), family of small to large, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails."
A number of spec ...
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(Fuchs & Käufel, 1936)
* ''
Levantina semitecta
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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Neubert, 1998
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Levantina spiriplana
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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(Olivier, 1801)
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Levantina symensi
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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Neubert, 1998
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Levantina thospitis
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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(Schütt & Subai, 1996)
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Levantina vanensis
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed throug ...
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(Schütt & Subai, 1996)
References
* Olivier G.A. , 1801 Voyage dans l'Empire Ottoman, l'Egypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Avec Atlas, vol. 1, p. xii pp. + Évaluation (1 pp.) + 432 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 1st livraison: vii pp., pls 1-17
* Tillier S. & Mordan P. , 1983. The conchological collections of Bruguière and Olivier from the Ottoman Empire (1792-1798). Journal of Conchology 31(3): 153-160
* Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. Fauna of Arabia. 17: 333–461.
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
Helicidae
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