''Paromoionchis'' is a
genus of air-breathing
sea slugs, shell-less
marine
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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 ...
mollusks
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in the
family Onchidiidae
Onchidiidae are a family of small, air-breathing sea (and land) slugs. They are shell-less marine (except for 2 species)preview pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Onchidiidae is the only family within the superfamily Onchidioidea.
These animals are ...
. Most ''Paromoionchis'' species live on the mud in mangrove forests in the Indo-West Pacific.
Species
. There are five species currently recognized in the genus:
* ''Paromoionchis boholensis''
Dayrat & Goulding, 2019
* ''
Paromoionchis daemelii''
(Semper, 1880)
* ''Paromoionchis goslineri''
Dayrat & Goulding, 2019
* ''Paromoionchis penangensis''
Dayrat & Goulding, 2019
* ''
Paromoionchis tumidus
''Paromoionchis tumidus'' is a species of small, air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less Marine (ocean), marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the Family (biology), family Onchidiidae.
Distribution
''Paromoionchis tumidus'' is widely distribut ...
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(Semper, 1880)
References
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Onchidiidae
Gastropod genera