''Mastus'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snails,
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 gastropod 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
Enidae
Enidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Enidae B. B. Woodward, 1903 (1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies ...
.
Species
Species:
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Mastus abundans''
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Mastus alpicola''
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Mastus amenazada''
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Mastus anatolicus''
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Mastus athensis''
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Mastus bielzi''
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Mastus butoti''
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Mastus carneolus''
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Mastus caucasica
''Mastus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.
Species
Species:
*'' Mastus abundans''
*'' Mastus alpicola''
*'' Mastus amenazada''
*'' Mastus anatolicus''
*'' Mastus athe ...
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Mastus claudia''
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Mastus cretensis
''Mastus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae.
Species
Species:
*'' Mastus abundans''
*'' Mastus alpicola''
*'' Mastus amenazada''
*'' Mastus anatolicus''
*'' Mastus athe ...
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Mastus dirphicus''
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Mastus emarginatus''
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Mastus etuberculatus''
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Mastus gittenbergeri''
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Mastus grandis''
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Mastus hemmeni''
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Mastus ierapetranus''
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Mastus itanosensis''
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Mastus oligogyrus''
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Mastus olivaceus''
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Mastus procax''
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Mastus pupa''
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Mastus pusio''
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Mastus riedeli''
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Mastus rossmaessleri''
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Mastus sitiensis''
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Mastus sphakiotus''
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Mastus subaii''
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Mastus transsylvanicus''
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Mastus unius''
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Mastus venerabilis''
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Mastus violaceus''
References
Further reading
* Parmakelis A., Spanos E., Papagiannakis G., Louis C. & Mylonas M. (2003). "Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny and morphological diversity in the genus ''Mastus'' (Beck, 1837): a study in a recent (Holocene) island group (Koufonisi, south-east Crete)". ''
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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'' 78(3): 383-399.
External links
Animal Base info
Enidae
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