''Staffordia'' is a
genus
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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
Staffordiidae
Staffordiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Staffordiidae Thiele, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Staffordia'' include:
* ''
Staffordia daflaensis''
* ''
Staffordia staffordi
''Staffordia staffordi'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Staffordiidae.
The specific name ''staffordi'' as well as generic name ''Staffordia'' is in honor of Brigadier-General S ...
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Staffordia toruputuensis
''Staffordia toruputuensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Staffordiidae.
The specific name ''toruputuensis'' is apparently according to its type locality, Toruputu Peak.
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References
External links
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