''Geomitra'' 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 ...

s, terrestrial

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 ...

mollusks 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 esti ...

in the family

Geomitridae Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). M ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Geomitra'' include: * '' Geomitra delphinuloides'' (R.T. Lowe, 1860) * '' Geomitra grabhami'' (Wollaston, 1878) * '' Geomitra moniziana'' (Paiva, 1867) -

Madeiran land snail Madeiran land snail is a common name In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of ...

* '' Geomitra tiarella'' (Webb & Berthelot, 1833) * '' Geomitra coronula'' (R.T. Lowe, 1852) * '' Geomitra watsoni'' (J.Y. Johnson, 1897) synonyms: * ''Geomitra coronata'' (Deshayes, 1850) is a synonym for ''

Serratorotula coronata ''Serratorotula coronata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal. Its ...

'' (Deshayes, 1850)

References

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