Liarea aupouria aupouria
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Liarea aupouria aupouria is a subspecies
of land snail
, a terrestrial
gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Liareinae
. This is the largest species in the genus.
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
of land 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...
, 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...
gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Liareinae
Liareinae
Liareinae is a taxonomic subfamily of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Pupinidae.-Genera:Genera within the subfamily Liareinae include:* Liarea Pfeiffer, 1853* Cytora Kobelt and Moellendorff, 1897...
. This is the largest species in the genus.