''Caucasotachea'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing

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 ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial. 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 o ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

s in the family

Helicidae Helicidae is a large, diverse family of western Palaearctic, medium to large-sized, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails." It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropoge ...

Species

The following extant species are currently classified in the genus: * ''

Caucasotachea atrolabiata ''Caucasotachea'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicidae. Species The following extant species are currently classified in the genus: * ''Cauca ...

'' (Krynicki, 1833) * ''

Caucasotachea leucoranea ''Caucasotachea'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicidae. Species The following extant species are currently classified in the genus: * ''Caucasotachea atrolabiat ...

'' ( Mousson, 1863) * ''

Caucasotachea vindobonensis ''Caucasotachea vindobonensis'' is a large species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Helicidae. The scientific name is derived from the Celtic settlement Vindobona, now known as ...

'' ( C. Pfeiffer, 1828) Several fossil taxa are placed to ''Caucasotachea'': * † ''

Caucasotachea andrussovi ''Caucasotachea'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicidae. Species The following extant species are currently classified in the genus: * ''Caucasotachea atrolabiat ...

'' Steklov, 1966 * † ''

Caucasotachea beringi ''Caucasotachea'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicidae. Species The following extant species are currently classified in the genus: * ''Caucasotachea atrolabiat ...

'' Schütt, 1985 * † ''

Caucasotachea candirensis ''Caucasotachea'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicidae. Species The following extant species are currently classified in the genus: * ''Caucasotachea atrolabiat ...

'' Schütt, 1985 * † ''

Caucasotachea kubanica ''Caucasotachea'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicidae. Species The following extant species are currently classified in the genus: * ''Caucasotachea atrolabiat ...

'' Steklov, 1966 * † ''

Caucasotachea phrygomysica ''Caucasotachea'' is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicidae. Species The following extant species are currently classified in the genus: * ''Caucasotachea atrolabiat ...

'' (Oppenheim, 1919)

Genetics

The haploid number of chromosomes is 25 (''C. vindobonensis'') or 26 (''C. atrolabiata'').

References

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