Cantareus
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Cantareus is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, a pulmonate gastropod in the family Helicidae
, the typical snails.
Cantareus is a synonym
for the genus Helix.
It contains the following species:
The species Cantareus mazzullii is now accepted as Cornu mazzullii.
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 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, a pulmonate gastropod in the family Helicidae
Helicidae
The Helicidae, sometimes known as the typical snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large, air-breathing, land snails. In other words, they are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
, the typical snails.
Cantareus is a synonym
Synonym
Synonyms are different words with almost identical or similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn and onoma . The words car and automobile are synonyms...
for the genus Helix.
It contains the following species:
- Cantareus apertus - synonym: Helix aperta
The species Cantareus mazzullii is now accepted as Cornu mazzullii.