''Acliceratia'' is a

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of very small, somewhat

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land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...

s that have a

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and an operculum, semi-

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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 fro ...

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s or

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in the

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Iravadiidae Iravadiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea and the clade Littorinimorpha Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails ( marine speci ...

.Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010). ''Acliceratia'' Ponder, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224676 on 2011-04-02 These tiny snails live in damp habitat (under rotting vegetation) that is very close to the edge of the sea; they can tolerate being washed with saltwater during especially high tides. These snails are sometimes listed as land snails and at other times they are listed as marine snails.

Species

Species within the genus ''Acliceratia'' include: * '' Acliceratia beddomei'' (Dautzenberg, 1912) * '' Acliceratia carinata'' (Smith, 1871)Gofas, S. (2010). ''Acliceratia carinata'' (Smith, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535771 on 2011-04-02

References

Iravadiidae Taxa named by Winston Ponder {{Caenogastropoda-stub