Phenacolimax
Encyclopedia
Phenacolimax is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vitrinidae
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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
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 Vitrinidae
Vitrinidae
Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea ....
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Species
The genus Phenacolimax includes the following species:- Phenacolimax atlanticaPhenacolimax atlanticaPhenacolimax atlantica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae.This species is endemic to Portugal.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Phenacolimax majorPhenacolimax majorPhenacolimax major is a European species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae.-Distribution:This species is known to occur in a number of Western European countries and islands including:...
(A. Férussac, 1807)