Tree snail is a

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that is applied to various kinds of tropical air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod

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s that have

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s, and that live in trees, in other words, are exclusively

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in habitat. Some other species of air-breathing land snails may sometimes be found on tree trunks, or even in the foliage of trees, but this does not mean they live their whole lives in trees, and they are not considered to be tree snails.

Tree snail

Genera and species that have the words "tree snail" as a part of their common name include: forestry and

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are a part of the tree snails habitat * genus ''

Achatinella ''Achatinella'' is a tropical genus of colorful land snails in the monotypic Achatinellidae subfamily ''Achatinellinae''. Species are arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks with some species called Oʻahu tree snails or kāhuli in the Hawaiia ...

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O'ahu tree snail ''Achatinella'' is a tropical genus of colorful land snails in the monotypic Achatinellidae subfamily ''Achatinellinae''. Species are arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks with some species called Oʻahu tree snails or kāhuli in the Hawaiian ...

, 40 species. * '' Partula'' - various species in the genus ''Partula'' are known under the common name "Moorean Viviparous Tree Snail" or "Polynesian Tree Snail". * '' Samoana'' - in addition, various species in the genus ''Samoana'' are known under the common name "Moorean Viviparous Tree Snail" or "Polynesian Tree Snail". ** '' Samoana abbreviata'' - known as the short Samoan tree snail

Treesnail

Various species have the word "treesnail" as part of their common name: * '' Drymaeus'' ** '' Drymaeus dominicus'' (Reeve, 1850) - master treesnail ** '' Drymaeus dormani'' (W. G. Binney, 1857) - manatee treesnail ** '' Drymaeus multilineatus'' (Say, 1825) - lined treesnail * '' Orthalicus reses'' - the Stock Island treesnail ** ''Orthalicus reses nesodryas'' - Florida Keys treesnail * '' Orthalicus floridensis'' - banded treesnail * '' Liguus fasciatus'' (Müller, 1774) - Florida treesnail * '' Papustyla pulcherrima'' - emerald green snail, or green tree snail, or manus green tree snail * Amphidromus asper-large-sized air-breathing tree snail

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