''Pseudotachea'' 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 medium-sized 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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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 ...

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s in the subfamily Helicinae of the family

Helicidae Helicidae is a large, diverse family of small to large, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails." A number of species in this family are valued as food items, including ''Cornu aspersum'' (formerly ''Helix aspersa'') the b ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudotachea C. R. Boettger, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996426 on 2021-02-10 Like many Helicidae, this genus of snails create and use

love dart A love dart (also known as a gypsobelum, shooting darts, or just as darts) is a sharp, calcareous or chitinous dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are both formed and stored internally in a dart sac. These ...

Species

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Pseudotachea liturata ''Pseudotachea'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudotachea C. R. Boettger, 1909. Accessed ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1851) * ''

Pseudotachea splendida ''Pseudotachea'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudotachea C. R. Boettger, 1909. Accessed ...

'' (Draparnaud, 1801) ;Species inquirendum: * † ''Pseudotachea torresi'' (Roman, 1907) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Pseudotachea cotteri'' (Roman, 1907) †: synonym of '' Megalotachea cotteri'' (Roman, 1907) † * ''Pseudotachea ogerieni'' (Delafond & Depéret, 1893) †: synonym of '' Frechenia ogerieni'' (Delafond & Depéret, 1893) † * ''Pseudotachea tersannensis'' (Locard, 1878) †: synonym of '' Megalotachea delphinensis'' (Fontannes, 1876) † (junior synonym)

References

* Pfeffer, G. (1930). Zur Kenntnis tertiärer Landschnecken. Geologisch-Paläontologische Abhandlungen, neue Folge. 17(3): 153-380, pl. 15-17. * Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017

External links

Boettger, C.R. (1909). Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der europäischen Heliciden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 41(1): 1-19
Helicidae Gastropod genera {{Helicidae-stub