Eucobresia
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Eucobresia is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s or semi-slug
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vitrinidae
, 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 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 or semi-slug
Semi-slug
Semi-slugs, also spelled semislugs, are land gastropods whose shells are too small for them to retract into, but the shell is not quite vestigial...
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 Vitrinidae
Vitrinidae
Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea ....
, the glass snails.
Species
Species within the genus Eucobresia include:- Eucobresia diaphanaEucobresia diaphanaEucobresia diaphana is a species of small air-breathing land snail or semi-slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae, the glass snails.-Shell description:The shell of this species is very delicate. It has a large aperture...
(DraparnaudJacques Philippe Raymond DraparnaudJacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud was a French naturalist, malacologist and botanist.Draparnaud is considered the father of malacology in France...
, 1805) - Eucobresia glacialis
- Eucobresia nivalisEucobresia nivalisEucobresia nivalis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae, the glass snails.-Distribution:This species lives in the Alps and the Carpathian Mountains in the following countries:...
(DumontDumont- People :Dumont or DuMont is a common family name in France that has spread to many other countries. It is the name of:* Dumont de Montigny , French explorer and author...
& MortilletLouis Laurent Gabriel de MortilletLouis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet , French anthropologist, was born at Meylan, Isère.-Biography:He was educated at the Jesuit college of Chambéry and at the Paris Conservatoire. Becoming in 1847 proprietor of La Revue indépendante, he was implicated in the Revolution of 1848 and sentenced to two...
, 1854) - Eucobresia pegorarii