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''Artemonopsis'' is a
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Streptaxidae Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora. Streptaxidae are monophyletic while all subfamilies and several genera are polyphyletic. Six Streptaxi ...
.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Artemonopsis Germain, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996777 on 2020-05-27


Distribution

The distribution of the genus ''Artemonopsis'' includes: *
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Description

The internal anatomy of this genus is not known.


Species

Species within the genus ''Artemonopsis'' include: * '' Artemonopsis chevalieri'' (Germain, 1908)


References

* Germain, L., 1908. - Contribution à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. XIV Mollusques nouveaux de la Côte d'Ivoire (Mission A. Chevalier 19061907). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 14(2): 124-127 * Germain, L., 1908. - Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M.A. Chevalier à la Côte d'Ivoire. Journal de Conchyliologie 56: 95-115, 1 pl * Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017 Endemic fauna of Ivory Coast Streptaxidae {{Streptaxidae-stub