Euglandina daudebarti
Encyclopedia
Euglandina daudebarti is a species
of large predatory air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spiraxidae
.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of large predatory 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...
, a 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 mollusk in the family Spiraxidae
Spiraxidae
Spiraxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the clade Eupulmonata .- 2005 taxonomy :...
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Subspecies
- Euglandina daudebarti daudebarti (Deshayes, 1850)
- Euglandina daudebarti amoena (Von Martens, 1865)
- Euglandina daudebarti jalapana (Von Martens, 1891)
- Euglandina daudebarti miradorensis (StrebelHermann Strebel (malacologist)Hermann Strebel was a malacologist from Germany and Mexico.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1878)