''Scolodonta'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of air-breathing
land snails,
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 gastropod 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 es ...
s in the family
Scolodontidae
Scolodontidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs o ...
.
''Scolodonta'' is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nomina ...
of the family Scolodontidae.
This genus is sometimes classified within the
Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade
Stylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi.
...
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Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Scolodonta'' includes:
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Argentina
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[Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of ''Diaphera'' Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". '']Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
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'' 160: 1-16. .
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Brazil
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[ Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". ''Rev. Biol. Trop.'' 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract)]
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Description
The anatomy of ''Scolodonta'' is currently unknown.
Species
Species within the genus ''Scolodonta'' include:
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Scolodonta amazonica
''Scolodonta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.
''Scolodonta'' is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae.
This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxi ...
'' (Dohrn, 1882)
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Scolodonta bounoboena
''Scolodonta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.
''Scolodonta'' is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae.
This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxi ...
'' (d’Orbigny, 1835)
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Scolodonta interrupta
''Scolodonta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.
''Scolodonta'' is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae.
This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxi ...
'' (Suter, 1900)
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Scolodonta mutata
''Scolodonta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.
''Scolodonta'' is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae.
This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxi ...
'' (Gould, 1846)
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Scolodonta nitidula
''Scolodonta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.
''Scolodonta'' is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae.
This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxi ...
'' (Dohrn, 1882)
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Scolodonta spirorbis
''Scolodonta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae.
''Scolodonta'' is the type genus of the family Scolodontidae.
This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxi ...
'' (Deshayes, 1850)
References
Scolodontidae
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