''Zilchogyra'' 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 ...

, a 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 in the family

Helicodiscidae Helicodiscidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Genera Genera within the family i ...

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Zilchogyra miocenica ''Zilchogyra'' is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae. '' Zilchogyra miocenica'' is the first Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Perio ...

'' is the first Miocene record of the genus.

Species

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

Zilchogyra paulistana ''Zilchogyra paulistana'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae. Distribution This species is endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federat ...

References

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