Kaliella
Encyclopedia
Kaliella is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s or semi-slug
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae
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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 Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.- Distribution :...
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Distribution
The distribution of the genus Kaliella includes:Species
Species within the genus Helicarion include:- Kaliella barrakporensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Kaliella hongkongensisKaliella hongkongensisKaliella hongkongensis is a species of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.This species is endemic to Hong Kong....
- Kaliella iredalei Preston, 1912