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
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 ...
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 ...
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
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
Pomatiidae
The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae.
This family ...
."Mollusca" . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
Description
The genus ''Opisthosiphon'' has been described by American malacologist
William Healey Dall
William Healey Dall (August 21, 1845 – March 27, 1927) was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska. He described many mollusks of the Pacific Northwest of America, and w ...
in 1905. Dall's
type description
A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have be ...
reads as follows:
Species
Species within the genus ''Opisthosiphon'' include:
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Opisthosiphon aguilerianum
''Opisthosiphon'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.
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Opisthosiphon alleni
''Opisthosiphon'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.Opisthosiphon andrewsi
''Opisthosiphon'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.
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Opisthosiphon androsensis
''Opisthosiphon'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.Opisthosiphon apertum
''Opisthosiphon'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.
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Opisthosiphon bacillum
''Opisthosiphon'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.
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Opisthosiphon bahamense
''Opisthosiphon'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.
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Opisthosiphon banaoense
''Opisthosiphon'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.
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Opisthosiphon bermudezi
''Opisthosiphon'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.
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This article incorporates public domain text from the reference
* Dall, W.H. (1905). An arrangement of the American Cyclostomatidae, with a revision of the nomenclature. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 6(4): 208-210.
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
PomatiidaeTaxa named by William Healey Dall
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