''Pseudoglessula'' is a genus of small 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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pseudoglessula'' include:
* ''
Pseudoglessula acutissima
''Pseudoglessula acutissima'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. This species is endemic to Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Ta ...
'' Verdcourt
* ''
Pseudoglessula conradti
''Kempioconcha conradti'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. This species is endemic to Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanz ...
'' von Martens
* ''
Pseudoglessula intermedia
''Pseudoglessula'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pseudoglessula'' include:
* ''Pseudoglessula acutissima'' Verdcourt
* ''Ps ...
'' Thiele, 1911
[Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". '']Journal of Molluscan Studies
The ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Malacological Society of London, covering research in malacology. '' 76(1): 87-100. .
References
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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