''Taheitia'' 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 very 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 that have an operculum and live near saltwater, maritime

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

Truncatellidae Truncatellidae, common name the "looping snails", is a Family (biology), family of small amphibious snails, with gills and an operculum (gastropod), operculum, semi-marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. Shell description This family of s ...

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Species

Species within the genus ''Taheitia'' include: * ''

Taheitia alata ''Taheitia alata'' is a species of very small land snail that has an operculum and lives very near saltwater, a maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellidae. This species is endemic to Guam. See also List of land snail ...

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Taheitia elongata ''Taheitia'' is a genus of very small land snails that have an operculum and live near saltwater, maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Truncatellidae.

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Taheitia filicosta ''Taheitia'' is a genus of very small land snails that have an operculum and live near saltwater, maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Truncatellidae.

'' (Gundlach in Poey, 1858) * ''

Taheitia lamellicosta ''Taheitia lamellicosta'' is a species of very small land snail that has an operculum and lives very near saltwater, a maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Truncatellidae. This species is endemic to Guam. See also List of lan ...

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Taheitia lirata ''Taheitia'' is a genus of very small land snails that have an operculum and live near saltwater, maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Truncatellidae.

'' (Poey, 1858) * ''

Taheitia mariannarum ''Taheitia mariannarum'' is a species of very small land snail that has an operculum and lives very near saltwater, a maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Truncatellidae. This species is endemic to Guam Guam ( ; ) is an is ...

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Taheitia parvula ''Taheitia parvula'' is a species of very small land snail that has an operculum and lives very near saltwater, a maritime terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Truncatellidae. This species is endemic to Guam. See also List of land snai ...

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Taheitia wrighti ''Taheitia'' is a genus of very small land snails that have an Operculum (gastropod), operculum and live near saltwater, maritime terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Truncatellidae.

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References

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