''Tornatellinops'' is a
genus
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of minute air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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, or
micromollusk
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s in the
family
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Achatinellidae
Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
Taxonomy
It was previously the only family in the superfamily Achatinelloidea (according to the tax ...
.
Distribution
This genus is
endemic
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to islands of the
South Pacific
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Tornatellinops'' include:
* ''
Tornatellinops inconspicua''
(Brazier, 1872)
* ''
Tornatellinops iredalei''
(Pilsbry & Cooke, 1915)
* ''
Tornatellinops jacksonensis''
(Cox, 1864)
* ''
Tornatellinops lidgbirdensis''
(Iredale, 1944)
* ''
Tornatellinops mastersi''
(Brazier, 1876)
* ''
Tornatellinops moluccana''
Boettger, 1891
* ''
Tornatellinops moohuensis''
(Preston, 1913)
* ''
Tornatellinops nepeanensis''
(Preston, 1913)
* ''
Tornatellinops norfolkensis''
(Preston, 1913)
* ''
Tornatellina novoseelandica''
(Küster, 1852)
* ''
Tornatellinops ponapensis''
* ''
Tornatellinops pressus''
Iredale, 1940
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
NZ Molluscan ChecklistOBIS
Tornatellinops,
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