Aegopinella
Encyclopedia
Aegopinella is a genus
of small, air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Oxychilidae
, the glass snails.
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 small, air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
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 in the family Oxychilidae
Oxychilidae
Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.- Distribution :...
, the glass snails.
Species
Species in the genus Aegopinella include:- Aegopinella epipedostomaAegopinella epipedostomaAegopinella epipedostoma is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.- Distribution :This species occurs in the Czech Republic...
(Fagot, 1879) - Aegopinella minorAegopinella minorAegopinella minor is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.- Distribution :This species occurs in the Czech Republic...
(Stabile, 1864) - Aegopinella nitensAegopinella nitensAegopinella nitens is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.- Distribution :This species occurs in the Czech Republic...
(Michaud, 1831) - Aegopinella nitidulaAegopinella nitidulaAegopinella nitidula is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.Forsyth et al...
(DraparnaudJacques Philippe Raymond DraparnaudJacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud was a French naturalist, malacologist and botanist.Draparnaud is considered the father of malacology in France...
, 1805) - Aegopinella puraAegopinella puraAegopinella pura is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.- Distribution :This species occurs in countries and islands including:* Czech Republic* Great Britain* Ireland...
(Alder, 1830) - Aegopinella ressmanniAegopinella ressmanniAegopinella ressmanni is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.- Distribution :...
(Westerlund, 1883)