Laemodonta
Encyclopedia
Laemodonta is a genus
of small air-breathing, saltmarsh snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family
Ellobiidae
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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 small air-breathing, saltmarsh snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
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
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae
Ellobiidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata. This is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)....
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Species
Species within the genus Laemodonta include:- Laemodonta bella
- Laemodonta exaratoidesLaemodonta exaratoidesLaemodonta exaratoides is a species of small air-breathing, snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.- Distribution :...
- Laemodonta minuta
- Laemodonta moniliferaLaemodonta moniliferaLaemodonta monilifera is a species of small air-breathing, snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae....
- Laemodonta siamensisLaemodonta siamensisLaemodonta siamensis is a species of small air-breathing saltmarsh snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.- Distribution :The distribution of Laemodonta siamensis includes:...
- Laemodonta octanflacta
- Laemodonta typica