Nastia (gastropod)
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Nastia is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks in the family Oxychilidae
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Nastia is the type genus of the subfamily Nastiinae, which is a synonym of Oxychilinae.
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, 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 mollusks in the family Oxychilidae
Oxychilidae
Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.- Distribution :...
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Nastia is the type genus of the subfamily Nastiinae, which is a synonym of Oxychilinae.
Distribution
Distribution of Nastia include north-eastern Turkey.Species
Species within the genus Nastia include:- Nastia viridulaNastia viridulaNastia viridula is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae.-Distribution:The distribution of Nastia viridula includes north-eastern Turkey....
Riedel, 1989 - type species