Caracolus

Caracolus
Caracolus caracolla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Pleurodontidae
Genus: Caracolus
Synonyms[2]
  • Caracolla Montfort, 1810
  • Discodoma Swainson, 1840
  • Serpentulus Adams, 1855
  • Wurtzorbis

Caracolus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurodontidae.

Species

Species within the genus Caracolus include:

References

  1. ↑ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 138.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Schileyko A. A. (2006). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. Helicidae, Pleurodontidae, Polygyridae, Ammonitellidae, Oreohelicidae, Thysanophoridae". Ruthenica Suppl. 2: 1765-1906. pages 1826.


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