''Ditropopsis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small
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 with a
gill
A gill () is a respiration organ, respiratory organ that many aquatic ecosystem, aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow r ...
and an
operculum,
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 ...
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 ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the family
Cyclophoridae
Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropod ...
.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus ''Ditropopsis'' include
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
.
[Greke K. (2011). "Species of ''Ditropopsis'' E.A.Smith, 1897 (Architaenioglossa: Cyclophoridae) from the Papuan region". pp. 69-76. In: Telnov D. ''Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Volume I.'', The Entomological Society of Latvia, Riga, 526 pp.]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Ditropopsis'':
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Ditropopsis adesmospira''
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Ditropopsis aenigmatica''
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Ditropopsis alta''
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Ditropopsis beddomei''
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Ditropopsis benthemjuttingae''
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Ditropopsis biroi''
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Ditropopsis cavernae
''Ditropopsis'' is a genus of small land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus ''Ditropopsis'' include New Guinea.Greke K. (2011). "Species of ''D ...
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Ditropopsis cebuana''
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Ditropopsis ciliata''
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Ditropopsis cincta''
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Ditropopsis constricta''
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Ditropopsis conulina''
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Ditropopsis convexus''
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Ditropopsis corniculum''
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Ditropopsis davisoni''
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Ditropopsis decollata''
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Ditropopsis diminuta''
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Ditropopsis everetti''
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Ditropopsis fruhstorferi''
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Ditropopsis fultoni''
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Ditropopsis gradata''
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Ditropopsis halmaherica''
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Ditropopsis heterospirifera''
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Ditropopsis imadatei''
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Ditropopsis ingenua''
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Ditropopsis koperbergi''
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Ditropopsis magna''
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Ditropopsis majalibit''
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Ditropopsis mira''
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Ditropopsis mirabilis''
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Ditropopsis moellendorffi''
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Ditropopsis monticola''
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Ditropopsis obiensis''
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Ditropopsis pallidioperculata''
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Ditropopsis papuana''
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Ditropopsis perlucidula''
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Ditropopsis planorbis''
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Ditropopsis pusilla''
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Ditropopsis pyramis''
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Ditropopsis quadrasi''
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Ditropopsis secunda''
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Ditropopsis septentrionalis''
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Ditropopsis spiralis''
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Ditropopsis tamarau''
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Ditropopsis telnovi''
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Ditropopsis trachychilus''
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Ditropopsis tricarinatum''
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Ditropopsis tritonensis
''Ditropopsis'' is a genus of small land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus ''Ditropopsis'' include New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ...
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Ditropopsis tyloacron''
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Ditropopsis unicarinata''
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Ditropopsis waigeoensis
''Ditropopsis'' is a genus of small land snails with a gill and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus ''Ditropopsis'' include New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ...
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Ditropopsis wallacei''
References
Cyclophoridae
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