''Opeas'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of small, tropical, air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
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
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 ''Liss ...
.
''Opeas'' is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
of the subfamily Opeatinae.
Species
The genus ''Opeas'' includes the following species:
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Opeas bocourtianum bocourtianum'' Crosse & Fischer, 1869
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Opeas bocourtianum pittieri'' Martens, 1898
*''
Opeas clavulinum''
* ''
Opeas funiculare''
* ''
Opeas gracile''
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Opeas guatemalense'' Strebel, 1882
* ''
Opeas hannense
''Opeas hannense'', common name the dwarf awlsnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.
Distribution
Non-indigenous:
* Great Britain
Great Britain is an ...
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(Rang, 1831)
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Opeas pumilum'' Pfeiffer, 1840
* ''
Opeas pyrgula'' Schumacker & Boettger, 1891
* ''
Opeas setchuanense''
* ''
Opeas striatissimum''
* ''
Opeas utriculus''
References
External links
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Achatinidae
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