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''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 ...
s, terrestrial pulmonate
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.


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'' ( C. Pfeiffer, 1828) Several fossil taxa are placed to ''Caucasotachea'': * † '' Caucasotachea andrussovi'' Steklov, 1966 * † '' Caucasotachea beringi'' Schütt, 1985 * † '' Caucasotachea candirensis'' 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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q100023922 Helicidae Gastropod genera