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Elonidae
Elonidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. This family is within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Subfamilies and genera The family Elonidae consists of two subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): * Eloninae Gittenberger, 1977 * Klikiinae H. Nordsieck, 1986 Genera Genera in the family Elonidae include: * † '' Cyrtochilus'' F. Sandberger, 1875 * † '' Eurystrophe'' Gude, 1911 * †'' Joossia'' Pfeffer, 1930 * † '' Lychnopsis'' Vidal, 1917 * † '' Megalocochlea'' Wenz, 1919 * † '' Papillotopsis'' H. Binder, 2017 * † '' Puisseguria'' Schlickum, 1975 ;Eloninae * The type genus is ''Elona ''Elona quimperiana'', common name the escargot de Quimper ("Quimper snail"), is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elona Quimperiana
''Elona quimperiana'', common name the escargot de Quimper ("Quimper snail"), is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Elonidae. ''Elona'' is a monotypic genus, i.e. it contains only one species, ''Elona quimperiana''. The specific name comes from the city of Quimper, Finistère, Quimper in Brittany, France. This snail is mentioned in annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive. Original description ''Elona quimperiana'' was originally described (under the name ''Helix quimperiana'') by André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac in 1821. Férussac's original text (the type description) reads in the French language as follows: Which means in English: "Habitat: Margin of Briec (Briec-de-l'Odet) near Quimper, Finistère, Quimper in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. It was found by Monsieur, Messieurs De Kermovan and Bonnemaison." Shell description The gastropod shell, shell is umbilicate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
