''Labyrinthus'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
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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 inclu ...
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Labyrinthidae
Labyrinthidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea
Helicoidea is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Taxonomic rank, superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Labyrinthus H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996652 on 2021-01-03]
Distribution
This genus occurs in South America.
Species
Species within the genus ''Labyrinthus'' include:
* ''
Labyrinthus bifurcatus
''Labyrinthus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod Mollusc, mollusks in the family Labyrinthidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Labyrinthus H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World ...
'' (Deshayes, 1838)
* ''
Labyrinthus chiriquensis'' / ''
Lampadion chiriquensis'' (Pilsbry, 1899)
* ''
Labyrinthus cymatodes'' / ''
Lampadion cymatodes'' (Pfeiffer, 1852)
* ''
Labyrinthus furcillatus'' (Hupé, 1853)
[ Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". ''Rev. Biol. Trop.'' 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract)]
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* ''
Labyrinthus labyrinthus'' “Chemnitz” Deshayes (Cheminitz, 1795)
* ''
Labyrinthus leprieurii'' (Petit, 1840)
* ''
Labyrinthus leucodon'' (Pfeiffer, 1847)
[Baker, Horace Burrinton. 1926: The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Willianson Expedicion in Venezuela. Occacional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. Nº 167:1-65]
* ''
Labyrinthus manueli'' Higgins, 1872
* ''
Labyrinthus oreas'' Koch
* ''
Labyrinthus otis'' (Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''
Labyrinthus orthorinus'' Pilsbry, 1899
* ''
Labyrinthus plicatus'' (Born, 1780) / ''
Labyrinthus plicata'' (Born, 1778)
* ''
Labyrinthus raimondii'' (Philippi, 1867)
* ''
Labyrinthus tamsiana'' (Dunker, 1847)
* ''
Labyrinthus tarapotensis'' (Moricand, 1858)
* ''
Labyrinthus umbrus'' Thompson, 1957
* ''
Labyrinthus uncigera'' (Petit, 1838)
* ''
Labyrinthus yatesi'' (Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Labyrinthus vexans'' Dohrn
* ''
Labyrinthus yatesi'' (Pfeiffer, 1855)
References
External links
Image of ''Lampadion'' sp.
Labyrinthidae
Gastropod genera
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