Scolodonta
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is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae
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Scolodonta is the type genus
of the family Scolodontidae.
This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxidae
.
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...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Scolodontidae
Scolodontidae
Scolodontidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonategastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rhytidoidea .-Taxonomy:...
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Scolodonta 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 family Scolodontidae.
This genus is sometimes classified within the Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in theStylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi....
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Distribution
The distribution of the genus includes:Species
Species within the genus include:- Scolodonta amazonica (Dohrn, 1882)
- Scolodonta bounoboena (d’Orbigny, 1835)
- Scolodonta interrupta (Suter, 1900)
- Scolodonta mutata (Gould, 1846)
- Scolodonta nitidula (Dohrn, 1882)
- Scolodonta spirorbis (Deshayes, 1850)