Anguispira
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Anguispira is a genus
of small air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Discidae
, the disk 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
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 in the family Discidae
Discidae
Discidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.-Genera:The family Discidae has no subfamilies...
, the disk snails.
Species
Species within the genus Anguispira include:- Anguispira alternataAnguispira alternataAnguispira alternata, common name the flamed disc or flamed tigersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails....
- Anguispira picta - Painted snake-coiled forest snailPainted snake-coiled forest snailAnguispira picta is a rare species of snail known by the common names painted snake-coiled forest snail and painted tigersnail. It is a member of family Discidae, the disc snails. It is native to Tennessee in the United States, where it is known only from Franklin County. It may possibly occur just...
- Anguispira cumberlandianaAnguispira cumberlandianaThe Cumberland Tigersnail or the Cumberland Disc, scientific name Anguispira cumberlandiana, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae....
(I. Lea, 1840) - Cumberland Disc, Cumberland Tigersnail