Pseudocampylaea
Encyclopedia
Pseudocampylaea is a genus of land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae
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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 Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.-Anatomy:...
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Species
It contains the following species:- Pseudocampylaea portosanctanaPseudocampylaea portosanctanaPseudocampylaea portosanctana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. It is endemic to Portugal.-Source:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- type species - Pseudocampylaea loweiiPseudocampylaea loweiiPseudocampylaea loweii is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terretrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.-Distribution:This species was endemic to Madeira, Portugal....
External links
- http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=1210