''Taheitia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of very small land snails that have an operculum and live near saltwater, maritime

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

gastropod

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 es ...

s in the family

Truncatellidae Truncatellidae, common name the "looping snails", is a family of small amphibious snails, with gills and an operculum, semi-marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. Shell description This family of snails have small shells which lose ...

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Species

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

Taheitia alata ''Taheitia alata'' is a species of very small land snail that has an operculum and lives very near saltwater, a maritime terrestrial gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of inv ...

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Taheitia elongata ''Taheitia'' is a genus of very small land snails that have an operculum and live near saltwater, maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Truncatellidae.

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Taheitia filicosta ''Taheitia'' is a genus of very small land snails that have an operculum and live near saltwater, maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Truncatellidae.

'' (Gundlach in Poey, 1858) * ''

Taheitia lamellicosta ''Taheitia lamellicosta'' is a species of very small land snail that has an operculum and lives very near saltwater, a maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthr ...

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Taheitia lirata ''Taheitia'' is a genus of very small land snails that have an operculum and live near saltwater, maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Truncatellidae.

'' (Poey, 1858) * ''

Taheitia mariannarum ''Taheitia mariannarum'' is a species of very small land snail that has an operculum and lives very near saltwater, a maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthrop ...

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Taheitia parvula ''Taheitia parvula'' is a species of very small land snail that has an operculum and lives very near saltwater, a maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, ...

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Taheitia wrighti ''Taheitia'' is a genus of very small land snails that have an Operculum (gastropod), operculum and live near saltwater, maritime terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Truncatellidae.

'' (Pfeiffer, 1862)

References

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