''Palaina'' is a
genus
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of minute
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 with
opercula,
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 or
micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...
s in the
family
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Diplommatinidae
Diplommatinidae is a family (biology), family of small land snails, also known as staircase snails, with an operculum (gastropod), operculum, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea. The Cochlostoma ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818445 on 2020-10-22]
Species
Species in the genus ''Palaina'' include:
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Palaina adelpha
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Soós, 1911
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Palaina aerari
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' (Dell, 1955)
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Palaina ainaro
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Köhler & Kessner, 2020
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Palaina albata'' (Beddome, 1889)
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Palaina alberti'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
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Palaina albrechti'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina amurensis'' (Mousson, 1887)
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Palaina angulata
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
'' O. Boettger, 1891
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Palaina arborfumosa''
Shea & Griffiths, 2010
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Palaina ascendens
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' (Mousson, 1870) second junior homonym of ''Palaina ascendens''
(E. von Martens, 1864)
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Palaina ascendens
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' (E. von Martens, 1864)
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Palaina astenis'' Vermeulen, 1997
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Palaina attenboroughi
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina bantimurungensis
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Maassen, 2003
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Palaina beilanensis
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Preston, 1913
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Palaina bicornis
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
'' van Benthem Jutting, 1958
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Palaina biroi
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
'' Soós, 1911
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Palaina boucheti
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
'' Tillier, 1981
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Palaina bougainvillei
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina brandontrani
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
'' Köhler & Kessner, 2020
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Palaina brazieri
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
'' (Cox, 1870)
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Palaina bundiana
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
'' Wiktor, 1998
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Palaina cantori
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae
Diplommatinidae is a family of small land snails, also known as staircase snails, with an operculum, ...
'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
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Palaina capillacea''
(Pfeiff., 1855)
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Palaina carbavica
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' O. Boettger, 1891
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Palaina catanduanica'' Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895
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Palaina cenderawasih'' Greķe, 2021
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Palaina chalarostoma'' Quadras & Möllendorff, 1896
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Palaina chrysalis'' (Möllendorff, 1887)
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Palaina chrysostoma
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with operculum (gastropod), opercula, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina ...
'' (E. A. Smith, 1897)
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Palaina citrinella'' van Benthem Jutting, 1963
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Palaina clappi
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Solem, 1960
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Palaina commixta'' I. Rensch, 1937
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Palaina consobrina'' van Benthem Jutting, 1963
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Palaina conspicua'' Möllendorff, 1893
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Palaina cristata'' Quadras & Möllendorff, 1893
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Palaina cupulifera'' van Benthem Jutting, 1963
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Palaina dautzenbergiana'' (Yen, 1948)
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Palaina deformis'' Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895
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Palaina deliciosa''
Iredale, 1944
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Palaina dianctoides'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina diepenheimi'' (Preston, 1913)
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Palaina dimorpha'' Crosse, 1866
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Palaina doberai'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina dohertyi'' E. A. Smith, 1897
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Palaina dohrni
''Palaina dohrni'' is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae. This species is endemic to Palau
Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and hi ...
''
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Palaina doliolum'' Möllendorff, 1897
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Palaina edwardi
''Palaina edwardi'', also known as Edward's staircase snail, is a species of staircase snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea
The Tasman Sea (Māori: ''Te Tai-o-Rēhua'', ) is a marginal sea of the South ...
''
Iredale, 1944
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Palaina embra''
Iredale, 1944
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Palaina erythropeplos'' van Benthem Jutting, 1958
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Palaina eumirabilis'' Zilch, 1953
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Palaina evanescens'' Greķe, 2021
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Palaina extremita'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina flammulata'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
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Palaina flavocylindrica'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina floridensis'' Solem, 1960
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Palaina formosana'' Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1905
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Palaina francoisi'' Ancey, 1905
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Palaina gardneri'' Dell, 1955
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Palaina gedeana'' Möllendorff, 1897
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Palaina glabella'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 (primary homonym - invalid)
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Palaina glabella'' van Benthem Jutting, 1963
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Palaina godeffroyana'' (Mousson, 1870)
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Palaina granulum'' I. Rensch & B. Rensch, 1929
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Palaina hartmanni'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina hidalgoi'' Möllendorff, 1896
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Palaina hyalina'' Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894
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Palaina iha'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina imperfecta
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with operculum (gastropod), opercula, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina ...
'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina inconspicua'' van Benthem Jutting, 1963
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Palaina insulana'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina intercollis''
Shea & Griffiths, 2010
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Palaina kagainisi'' Greķe, 2021
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Palaina kitteli'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
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Palaina kubaryi'' Möllendorff, 1897
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Palaina kuniorum'' Tillier, 1981
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Palaina labeosa
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
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Palaina laszloi'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina latecostata'' (Mousson, 1870)
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Palaina lengguru'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina leptotoreutos'' van Benthem Jutting, 1958
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Palaina levicostulata''
Iredale, 1944
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Palaina liliputana'' van Benthem Jutting, 1963
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Palaina louisiade'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina lucia''
Iredale, 1944
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Palaina macgillivrayi''
(Pfeiff., 1855)
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Palaina mairasi''Greķe, 2017
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Palaina manggaraica'' (B. Rensch, 1931)
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Palaina marchei'' (Bavay, 1906)
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Palaina mareana'' Tillier, 1981
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Palaina mariei'' (Crosse, 1867)
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Palaina megalostoma'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina mengen'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina minuscularia'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina minuta
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' (H. Adams, 1868)
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Palaina minutula'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina mirifica'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina misoolensis'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina modesta'' Quadras & Möllendorff, 1893
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Palaina moellendorffi'' (Fulton, 1899)
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Palaina montrouzieri'' (Crosse, 1874)
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Palaina morongensis'' Möllendorff, 1890
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Palaina moussoni'' Crosse, 1866
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Palaina mutis'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina nanodes'' Tillier, 1981
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Palaina nicobarica'' (Godwin-Austen, 1886)
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Palaina nissidiophila'' Tillier, 1981
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Palaina novoguineensis'' E. A. Smith, 1897
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Palaina novopommerana'' I. Rensch & B. Rensch, 1929
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Palaina nubigena'' Möllendorff, 1897
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Palaina obesa'' (Hedley, 1898)
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Palaina obiensis
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina onin'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina opaoana'' Tillier, 1981
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Palaina orelimo'' Köhler & Kessner, 2020
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Palaina ovatula''
Möllendorff, 1897
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Palaina pagodula'' (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909)
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Palaina pallgergelyi'' Greķe, 2021
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Palaina papuamontis'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina papuanorum'' Soós, 1911
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Palaina paradisaea'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina parietalis'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
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Palaina patula''
Crosse, 1866
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Palaina paucicostata'' Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1905
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Palaina perroquini
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' (Crosse, 1871)
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Palaina perspectiva'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina platycheilus'' (Beddome, 1889)
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Palaina polystoma'' B. Rensch, 1931
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Palaina pomatiaeformis'' (Mousson, 1870)
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Palaina ponsonbyi'' Sykes, 1903
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Palaina porrecta'' Möllendorff, 1890
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Palaina propinqua
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' van Benthem Jutting, 1963
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Palaina psittricha'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina pumila'' van Benthem Jutting, 1959
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Palaina pupa'' Crosse, 1865
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Palaina pusilla'' Martens, 1877
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Palaina quadrasi
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(Möllendorff, 1887)
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Palaina quadricornis'' van Benthem Jutting, 1958
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Palaina repandostoma'' van Benthem Jutting, 1963
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Palaina rubella'' (Beddome, 1889)
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Palaina sarmi
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with operculum (gastropod), opercula, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina ...
'' Greķe, 2021
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Palaina saxatilis
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with operculum (gastropod), opercula, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina ...
'' Greķe, 2021
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Palaina saxicola
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' (Möllendorff, 1887)
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Palaina scalarina'' Möllendorff, 1897
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Palaina scaveola'' van Benthem Jutting, 1958
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Palaina schneideri'' I. Rensch & B. Rensch, 1929
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Palaina semperi'' Kobelt, 1902
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Palaina silvicultrix'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina slapcinskyi'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina solomonensis'' (Dell, 1955)
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Palaina sparselamellata'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina strigata''Crosse, 1866
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Palaina striolata''Crosse, 1866
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Palaina subregularis'' (Mousson, 1870)
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Palaina sulcata'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
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Palaina sulcicollis'' (Möllendorff, 1897)
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Palaina taeniolata''Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894
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Palaina tanimbarensis'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina telnovi'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina thomasrinteleni'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina trachelostropha
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Möllendorff, 1890
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Palaina truncata'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
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Palaina tuba
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Köhler & Kessner, 2020
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Palaina tuberosa
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(Mousson, 1870)
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Palaina tuberosissima'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
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Palaina tumens'' (Fulton, 1899)
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Palaina ulingensis'' (Möllendorff, 1887)
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Palaina vermeuleni'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina vilarensis'' Zilch, 1953
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Palaina vulcanicola'' Vermeulen, 1996
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Palaina waigeo
''Palaina'' is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Palaina O. Semper, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina waterhousei''
Iredale, 1944
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Palaina wawiyai'' Greķe, 2017
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Palaina wezendonki'' Maassen, 2003;
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Palaina wilsoni
''Palaina wilsoni'' is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae. This species is endemic to Palau
Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and ...
'' Crosse, 1866
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Palaina wisemani'' (Cox, 1870)
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Palaina xiphidium'' Möllendorff, 1897
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Palaina yamdena'' Greķe, 2017
References
* Yamazaki, K.; Yamazaki, M.; Ueshima, R. (2013). Systematic review of diplommatinid land snails (Caenogastropoda, Diplommatinidae) endemic to the Palau Islands.(1) Generic classification and revision of Hungerfordia species with highly developed axial ribs. Zootaxa. 3743(1), 1-71
External links
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