Opeas
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Opeas is a genus
of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae
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Opeas is the type genus
of the subfamily Opeatinae.
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, tropical, 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...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae
Subulinidae
Subulinidae is a family of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.- Anatomy :...
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Opeas is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the subfamily Opeatinae.
Species
The genus Opeas includes the following species:- Opeas hannenseOpeas hannenseOpeas hannense, common name the dwarf awlsnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.- Distribution :Non-indigenous:* Great Britain as a "hothouse alien".*...
(Rang, 1831) - Opeas pumilumOpeas pumilumOpeas pumilum, common name dwarf awlsnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.- Distribution :Non-indigenous:* Czech Republic as a "hothouse alien"....
Pfeiffer, 1840 - Opeas pyrgula Schumacker & Boettger, 1891