''Levantina'' 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 subfamily Helicinae of the family
Helicidae
Helicidae is a large, diverse family of small to large, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails."
A number of species in this family are valued as food items, including ''Cornu aspersum'' (formerly ''Helix aspersa'') the ...
, the typical snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996430 on 2021-05-08]
Species
* ''
Levantina asagittata''
Neubert, 1998
* ''
Levantina asira''
Neubert, 1998
* ''
Levantina bellardi''
(Mousson, 1854)
* ''
Levantina caesareana''
(Mousson, 1854)
* ''
Levantina ceratomma
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed thro ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Levantina chanzirensis''
Kobelt, 1906
* ''
Levantina cilicica''
(Kobelt, 1895)
* ''
Levantina djulfensis
''Levantina'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Levantina Kobelt, 1871. Accessed thro ...
''
(Dubois de Montpéreux, 1840)
* ''
Levantina escheriana''
(Bourguignat, 1864)
* ''
Levantina guttata''
(Olivier, 1804)
* ''
Levantina kurdistana''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
* ''
Levantina lithophaga''
(Conrad, 1852)
* ''
Levantina longinqua''
(Schütt & Subai, 1996)
* ''
Levantina mahanica''
Kobelt, 1910
* ''
Levantina malziana''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
* ''
Levantina mardinensis''
Kobelt, 1900
* ''
Levantina naegelei''
Kobelt, 1901
* ''
Levantina ninivita''
(Galland, 1885)
* ''
Levantina rechingeri''
(Fuchs & Käufel, 1936)
* ''
Levantina semitecta''
Neubert, 1998
* ''
Levantina spiriplana''
(Olivier, 1801)
* ''
Levantina symensi''
Neubert, 1998
* ''
Levantina thospitis''
(Schütt & Subai, 1996)
* ''
Levantina vanensis''
(Schütt & Subai, 1996)
References
* Olivier G.A. , 1801 Voyage dans l'Empire Ottoman, l'Egypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Avec Atlas, vol. 1, p. xii pp. + Évaluation (1 pp.) + 432 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 1st livraison: vii pp., pls 1-17
* Tillier S. & Mordan P. , 1983. The conchological collections of Bruguière and Olivier from the Ottoman Empire (1792-1798). Journal of Conchology 31(3): 153-160
* Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. Fauna of Arabia. 17: 333–461.
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
Helicidae
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