''Eostrobilops'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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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
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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 ...
.
Distribution
This species of land snail occurs in Japan, Korea and China.
Species
The genus ''Eostrobilops'' includes the following species:
* ''
Eostrobilops coreana
''Eostrobilops'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae.
Distribution
This species of land snail occurs in Japan, Korea and China.
Species
The genus ''Eostrobilops'' ...
'' Pilsbry, 1927
* ''
Eostrobilops diodontina
''Eostrobilops'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae.
Distribution
This species of land snail occurs in Japan, Korea and China.
Species
The genus ''Eostrobilops'' ...
'' (Heude)
* ''
Eostrobilops hirasei
''Eostrobilops hirasei'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strobilopsidae.
The specific name is apparently in honor either of the Japanese malacologist Yoichiro Hirase (1859–1 ...
'' (Pilsbry, 1908) - type species
* ''
Eostrobilops nipponica
''Eostrobilops nipponica'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae.
Subspecies
* ''Eostrobilops nipponica nipponica'' Pilsbry, 1927 - It is a vulnerable subspecies.
* ...
'' Pilsbry, 1927
[ Matsumura I. & Minato H. (1998). "大阪府北部で採集されたナニワクチミゾガイ(新亜種) ''Eostrobilops nipponica reikoae'' n. subsp. (Pulmonata : Strobilopsidae) from the Northern Region of Osaka, Japan". ''The Japanese journal of malacology. Venus'' 57(1): 39-47]
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References
Further reading
* Minato H. (1982). 日本のクチミゾガイ類. "''Eostrobilops'' and ''Enteroplax'' from Japan (Strobilopsidae)". 日本貝類学会研究連絡誌 ''The Chiribotan''
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External links
Strobilopsidae
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