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Acavidae
Acavidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Rhytidoidea. Anatomy In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 35 (according to the values in this table).Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: ''Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology''. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs'. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, . 1-146, cited pages: 139 and 142. Genera The family Acavidae has no subfamilies. Genera in the family Acavidae include:http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Acavidae cited 11 October 2008 * ''Acavus'' Montfort, 1810 * ''Ampelita'' Beck, 1837 * ''Embertoniphanta'' Groh & Poppe, 2002 * ''Eurystyla'' Ancey, 1887 * ''Helicophanta'' Férussac, 1821 * ''Oligospira'' Ancey, 1887 * † ''Pebasiconcha'' Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999 - with the only species † ''Pebasiconcha immanis'' Wesselingh & Git ...
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Pebasiconcha Immanis
''Pebasiconcha immanis'' is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae. The type locality of ''Pebasiconcha immanis'' is the Miocene Pebas Formation in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazonia.Wesselingh F. P. (2006). "Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia". ''Scripta Geologica'' 133: 19-290. Figure 274abstract Discovery and naming Initially believed to belong to the genus ''Strophocheilus'' by Spix (1827), ''Pebasiconcha'' is a common fossil shell from western Amazonia. Fieldwork in the autumn of 1991 recovered several exceptionally large specimens, however working conditions of the time did not allow the safe transport of entire specimens, which were subsequently broken and disintegrated. However researchers did manage to take photographs of the complete specimens in situ. Later expeditions also failed to produce intact specimens, with the second visit in 1996 only recovering ...
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Acavus
''Acavus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. They belongs to group of tree snails that inhabited the ancient continent of Gondwana over 150 million years ago. These beautiful tree snails are endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, .... It is present a large intraspecific polymorphism, with the development of various geographical subspecies (among them ''Acavus phoenix phoenix'' and ''Acavus phoenix castaneus''). Species * '' Acavus haemastoma'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Acavus phoenix'' Pfeiffer, 1854 * '' Acavus superbus'' Pfeiffer, 1850 References * B. Hausdorfi and Kalika K. Pereira REVISION OF THE GENUS ACAVUS FROM SRI LANKA (GASTROPODA: ACAVIDAE)
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Reticulapex
''Reticulapex'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Reticulapex Emberton & Pearce, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996034 on 2024-12-06 Species Species in the genus ''Reticulapex'' include: * '' Reticulapex apexfortis'' Emberton & Pearce, 2000 * '' Reticulapex choutardi'' (Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994) * '' Reticulapex compactus'' Emberton & Pearce, 2000 * '' Reticulapex druggi'' (Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994) * '' Reticulapex fischerpiettei'' Emberton & Pearce, 2000 * ''Reticulapex flammulatus'' Emberton & Pearce, 2000 * ''Reticulapex harananae'' (Emberton, 1994) * ''Reticulapex intridi'' (Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994) * ''Reticulapex lucidus'' Emberton & Pearce, 2000 * ''Reticulapex michellae'' K. C. Embert ...
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Helicophanta
''Helicophanta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusks in the family Acavidae. Species Species within the genus ''Helicophanta'' include: * '' Helicophanta amphibulima'' * '' Helicophanta betsiloensis'' * ''Helicophanta bicingulata'' * '' Helicophanta falconeri'' * '' Helicophanta farafanga'' * '' Helicophanta gargantua'' * '' Helicophanta geayi'' * ''Helicophanta gloriosa ''Helicophanta gloriosa'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Acavidae. Distribution This species occurs in Madagascar. References Acavidae { ...'' * '' Helicophanta goudotiana'' * '' Helicophanta guesteriana'' * '' Helicophanta ibaraoensis'' * '' Helicophanta magnifica'' * '' Helicophanta oviformis'' * '' Helicophanta petiti'' * '' Helicophanta socii'' * '' Helicophanta souverbiana'' * '' Helicophanta vesicalis'' File:Helicophanta bicingulata 01.JPG, Helicophan ...
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Ampelita
''Ampelita'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Ampelita H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995409 on 2018-11-19 Species Species within the genus ''Ampelita'' include: * '' Ampelita akoratsara'' Emberton, 1999 * '' Ampelita alluaudi'' ( Dautzenberg, 1895) * '' Ampelita ambanianae'' Emberton, 1999 * '' Ampelita amplaperta'' Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & Salvat, 1994 * '' Ampelita analamerae'' Emberton, 1999 * '' Ampelita andavakoerae'' Emberton & Rakotondrazafy, 2020 * '' Ampelita andriamamonjyi'' Griffiths & Herbert, 2013 * '' Ampelita anjajaviensis'' Emberton & Rakotondrazafy, 2020 * '' Ampelita anjanaharibei'' Emberton, 1999 * '' Ampelita anosiana'' Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & Salvat, 1994 * ''Ampelita atropos'' ( Deshayes, 1840) * '' Ampelita basizona'' Mousson, 1882 * '' Amp ...
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Helicophanta Gloriosa
''Helicophanta gloriosa'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Acavidae. Distribution This species occurs in Madagascar. References

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Oligospira
''Oligospira'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. These snails are endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, .... Three species are recognized. They have relatively round shells with flat tops. Species * '' Oligospira polei'' (Collet, 1899) * '' Oligospira skinneri'' (Reeve, 1854) * '' Oligospira waltoni'' (Reeve, 1842) References External linksPhotos of Oligospira waltoni Deniyaya, Sri Lanka {{Ariophantidae-stub ...
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Rhytidoidea
The Rhytidoidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the suborder Helicina.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Rhytidoidea Pilsbry, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890459 on 2021-02-21 The former taxonomy was based on the study by Nordsieck, published in 1986. Taxonomy Families within the superfamily Rhytidoidea are as follows: * Acavidae Pilsbry, 1895 * Caryodidae Connolly, 1915 * Clavatoridae Thiele, 1926 * Dorcasiidae Connolly, 1915 * Macrocyclidae Thiele, 1926 * Megomphicidae H. B. Baker, 1930 * Rhytididae Pilsbry, 1893 * Strophocheilidae Strophocheilidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (B ... Pilsbry, 1902 References * Bouchet P., ...
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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 includes many land and freshwater families, and several marine families. The taxon Pulmonata as traditionally defined was found to be polyphyletic in a molecular study per Jörger ''et al.'', dating from 2010. Pulmonata are known from the Carboniferous period to the present. Pulmonates have a single atrium and kidney, and a concentrated symmetrical nervous system. The mantle cavity is on the right side of the body, and lacks gills, instead being converted into a vascularised lung. Most species have a shell, but no operculum, although the group does also include several shell-less slugs. Pulmonates are hermaphroditic, and some groups possess love darts. Linnean taxonomy The taxonomy of this group according to the taxonomy of the Gastrop ...
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Gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and sea slug, slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda is a diverse and highly successful class of mollusks within the phylum Mollusca. It contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Furongian, Late Cambrian. , 721 family (taxonomy), families of gastropods are known, of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record, while 476 are currently neontology, extant living fossil, with or without a fossil record. Gastropoda (previously known as univalves and sometimes spelled "Gasteropoda") are a major part of the phylum Mo ...
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Mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The number of additional fossil species is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000, and the proportion of undescribed species is very high. Many taxa remain poorly studied. Molluscs are the largest marine biology, marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat, as numerous groups are freshwater mollusc, freshwater and even terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial species. The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8 taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class (biology), classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurobiology, neurologi ...
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