''Enteroplax'' 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 air-breathing land snails,

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 ...

pulmonate 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

Strobilopsidae Strobilopsidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. Taxonomy The family Strobilopsidae is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to ...

Species

The genus ''Enteroplax'' includes the following species: * '' Enteroplax boholensis'' (Gude) - from

Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bohol; tl, Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands. It ...

, Philippines * '' Enteroplax kanjiokuboi'' Minato & Tada, 1992 - from

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

Minato H. & Tada A. (1992). "台湾で採集されたクチミゾガイ科の 2 新種 Two New Species of the Genus ''Enteroplax'' from Taiwan (Pulmonata : Strobilopsidae)". ''The Japanese journal of malacology. Venus'' 51(3): 159-162
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* '' Enteroplax quadrasi'' (Möllendorff) - type species, from

Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, ...

, Philippines

Pilsbry H. A. Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a cent ...

(1927). ''

Manual of Conchology George Washington Tryon Jr. (20 May 1838 – 5 February 1888) was an American malacologist who worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Biography George Washington Tryon was the son of Edward K. Tryon and Adeline Savidt. ...

, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 28. Geographic Distribution of Pupillidae; Strobilopsidae, Valloniidae and Pleurodiscidae.'' Conchological department Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
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* '' Enteroplax taiwanica'' Minato & Tada, 1992 - from Taiwan * '' Enteroplax trochospira'' (Möllendorff) - from

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and ...

, Philippines * '' Enteroplax yaeyamensis'' Habe & Chinen, 1974 - from

Yaeyama Islands The Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島 ''Yaeyama-rettō'', also 八重山諸島 ''Yaeyama-shotō'', Yaeyama: ''Yaima'', Yonaguni: ''Daama'', Okinawan: ''Yeema'', Northern Ryukyuan: ''Yapema'') are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa P ...

, Japan Habe T. & Chinen M. (1974). "八重山群島石垣・西表両島の陸産貝類相とその生物地理学的意義 Land Molluscan Fauna of Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands, with Notes on Biogeography of Ryukyu Archipelago". ''Memoirs of the National Science Museum'' 7: 121
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q5380240 Strobilopsidae

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