Perpolita is a
genus 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 ...
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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 ...
mollusks in the
family Gastrodontidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934057 on 2021-12-28]
Species
Species within this genus include:
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Perpolita binneyana
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Perpolita boettgeriana
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Perpolita dalliana
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Perpolita disciformis
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed throug ...
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Perpolita electrina
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Perpolita gliesei
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Perpolita hammonis
''Perpolita hammonis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita hammonis (Strøm, 1765). Accessed through: World Register ...
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Perpolita mattiaca
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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(O. Boettger, 1903)
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Perpolita miocaenica
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Perpolita petronella
''Perpolita petronella'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita petronella (L. Pfeiffer, 1853). Accessed through: Worl ...
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Perpolita pulchra
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Perpolita riedeli
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Schlickum & Strauch, 1975
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Perpolita subhammonis
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Perpolita suzannae
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Perpolita wenzi
Perpolita is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perpolita H. B. Baker, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Schlickum & Strauch, 1975
References
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
* Hausdorf, B. (1998). Phylogeny of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 64 (1): 35-66. London
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
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AnimalBase info at
Gastrodontidae
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