''Enteroplax'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of 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 gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. 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 or near the ground, as opposed to ...

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 includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the family

Strobilopsidae Strobilopsidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. Taxonomy The family Strobilopsidae is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the ...

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The genus ''Enteroplax'' includes the following species: * ''

Enteroplax boholensis ''Enteroplax'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae. Species The genus ''Enteroplax'' includes the following species: * '' Enteroplax boholensis'' (Gude) - from Bohol, ...

'' (Gude) - from

Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bohol; tl, Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region, consisting of the island itself and 75 m ...

, Philippines * ''

Enteroplax kanjiokuboi ''Enteroplax'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae. Species The genus ''Enteroplax'' includes the following species: * ''Enteroplax boholensis'' (G ...

'' Minato & Tada, 1992 - from

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

Minato H. & Tada A. (1992). "台湾で採集されたクチミゾガイ科の 2 新種 Two New Species of the Genus ''Enteroplax'' from Taiwan (Pulmonata : Strobilopsidae)". ''The Japanese journal of malacology. Venus'' 51(3): 159-162
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Enteroplax quadrasi ''Enteroplax'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae. Species The genus ''Enteroplax'' includes the following species: * ''Enteroplax boholensis'' (Gude) - from Bohol, P ...

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Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as ...

, Philippines

Pilsbry H. A. (1927). ''

Manual of Conchology George Washington Tryon Jr. (20 May 1838 – 5 February 1888) was an American malacologist who worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Biography George Washington Tryon was the son of Edward K. Tryon and Adeline Savidt. ...

, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 28. Geographic Distribution of Pupillidae; Strobilopsidae, Valloniidae and Pleurodiscidae.'' Conchological department Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
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Enteroplax taiwanica ''Enteroplax'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae. Species The genus ''Enteroplax'' includes the following species: * ''Enteroplax boholensis'' (Gude) - from Bohol, P ...

'' Minato & Tada, 1992 - from Taiwan * ''

Enteroplax trochospira ''Enteroplax'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae. Species The genus ''Enteroplax'' includes the following species: * ''Enteroplax boholensis'' (Gude) - from Bohol, P ...

'' (Möllendorff) - from

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...

, Philippines * '' Enteroplax yaeyamensis'' Habe & Chinen, 1974 - from

Yaeyama Islands The Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島 ''Yaeyama-rettō'', also 八重山諸島 ''Yaeyama-shotō'', Yaeyama: ''Yaima'', Yonaguni: ''Daama'', Okinawan: ''Yeema'', Northern Ryukyuan: ''Yapema'') are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa ...

, Japan Habe T. & Chinen M. (1974). "八重山群島石垣・西表両島の陸産貝類相とその生物地理学的意義 Land Molluscan Fauna of Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands, with Notes on Biogeography of Ryukyu Archipelago". ''Memoirs of the National Science Museum'' 7: 121
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