''Paropeas'' is a

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 air-breathing

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, terrestrial

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 ...

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. The subgenus ''Paropeas'' within the genus '' Prosopeas'' was elevated to generic status in 1994, based on the anatomy of ''

Paropeas achatinaceum ''Paropeas achatinaceum'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinidae. Taxonomy The subgenus '' Paropeas'' within the genus '' Prosopeas'' was elevated to generic status in ...

''.Naggs F. (1994). "The reproductive anatomy of ''Paropeas achatinaceum'' and a new concept of ''Paropeas'' (Pulmonata: Achatinoidea: Subulinidae)". ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' 60(2): 175-191. .

Species

Species within the genus ''Paropeas'' include: * ''

'' * '' Paropeas tchehelense''

References

External links

Abstract of a paper on this genus
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7139445 Subulininae