Acanthinula
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Acanthinula is a genus
of minute, air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
s in the family Valloniidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of minute, air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s in the family Valloniidae
Valloniidae
Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.-Anatomy:...
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Species
The genus Acanthinula contains the following species:- Acanthinula aculeataAcanthinula aculeataAcanthinula aculeata is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluskor micromollusk in the family Valloniidae.-Distribution:...
(Müller, 1774) - type species - Acanthinula spiniferaAcanthinula spiniferaAcanthinula spinifera is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae. This species is endemic to Spain....
Mousson, 1872